Cork city has gone to the dogs.

Stopped buying them.

Up to a tenner for a magazine and Eason's are the worst at that.

Vote with your feet as from the moment you wake up and interact with petrol station, deli, lunch stop, take-away, pub, transport we are being salami sliced for additional cash as one of the most expensive countries in Europe.

No point being a so called "wealthy country" if we are all just paying more for everything and we are just told that "nothing can be done".

This is not sustainable.
It must be 5 years since i bought a magazine or a newspaper, With the exception of a few months ago when my little girl asked me to
buy a particular magazine, I expected it to be around 3 eu, It was 9eu, I tried to steer her towards the cork independent freebie but no joy,
 
It must be 5 years since i bought a magazine or a newspaper, With the exception of a few months ago when my little girl asked me to
buy a particular magazine, I expected it to be around 3 eu, It was 9eu, I tried to steer her towards the cork independent freebie but no joy,
Same here as you could almost buy a good book for the same price.

The kids magazines with the free toys etc are very hard to say "No" to.

€3.50 - €3.80 for a coffee?

" Rip-off Ireland" T.V. show should be brought back but with a new presenter as Hobbs is just going through his late mid-life crisis deep conspiracy theory phase.

If they raise the price of fuel or the humble baguette in France you will have riots on the streets against the government.

We just suck it all up like saps.
 
Hotels have had a poor summer here apparently but they have simply been ripping us off for years

Irish hotels deserve every single clatter that they get. The prices that they quote these days are both arbitrary and off-the-wall.

And, I have to ask, for what? Barring a few excellent properties dotted around the country - most hotels in Ireland are nothing more than bland rooms to sleep in with few to none of the amenities that you would receive in hotels around the world for the same (or a fraction) of the price.

I was on holiday in France last week and the city centre hotel that we stayed at was absolutely exceptional. Service, room decor, food options, facilities, etc. It was €800 for 5 days including parking and late check-out.

I'm going to Dublin next weekend, the hotel I'm staying in is fine, I have stayed there before but it not remotely on the level of the French place. It's €545 for two nights which does not include breakfast etc. and I may not check in til 4pm/have to check out by 11am.

And that was one of the cheaper options (in terms of quality to price - I'm not staying in a shithole).

Only for the fact that I have to go to Dublin, I would spend my money elsewhere in Europe.
 
I get the Sunday Times and that's it.

It's 4.35 now. I can remember not too long ago it was 1.95.

226 euros a year. More than the cost of an annual streaming sub.

I picked up the Irish Times weekend for the first time in ages recently.

When I got to the till with the few other things I had, hearing the total I thought I'd had a mental slip and asked for a pack of smokes as well.

I think it was about €2.75 pre-Covid. Then €3.50. Now it's €4.00+
 
Same here as you could almost buy a good book for the same price.

The kids magazines with the free toys etc are very hard to say "No" to.

€3.50 - €3.80 for a coffee?

" Rip-off Ireland" T.V. show should be brought back but with a new presenter as Hobbs is just going through his late mid-life crisis deep conspiracy theory phase.

If they raise the price of fuel or the humble baguette in France you will have riots on the streets against the government.

We just suck it all up like saps.
They are, and the quality of the toys is dogshit!

I used to get one each for the kids if we were going on long car journeys, on holidays or what ever. As they are often nearly a tenner, I have taken to offering to my lads that they can get a book instead (or 5 books if we go to the charity shop!) and most of the time they will go with that option.
 
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