extortion

[thebigfella]

Yes there's plenty of madness in the private sector too tbh. Every time you think you can't see worse you do... cronyism etc rampant in private or public.

Most of it is down to the fact it's difficult to estimate and/or lack of any real data to drive initial estimates. Once people get stuck into it and start uncovering the detail it always ends up costing more unless you can kill scope.

[north_antrim_hound]

Yes there's plenty of madness in the private sector too tbh. Every time you think you can't see worse you do... cronyism etc rampant in private or public.

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/30/king-charles-urged-to-push-for-break-up-of-uks-network-of-satellite-tax-havens

[lurganblue]

Looked yesterday at booking 2 adults and 2 kids on the train from Portadown to Dublin for the match special. £108

[JimStynes]

Airport park in Dublin over £200 for a week. Ridiculous

Getting the bus for £36 return for 2 people.

[AustinPowers]

Looked yesterday at booking 2 adults and 2 kids on the train from Portadown to Dublin for the match special. £108

Are there no  family tickets available?

[thebigfella]

Airport park in Dublin over £200 for a week. Ridiculous

Getting the bus for £36 return for 2 people.

That is the short term I presume?

I always park in the short term and have done before they offered as a prebook option, especially when I was expensing for work. You not being extorted, you are paying for a premium parking spot right at the door of the terminals and it's always been that expensive (you get a discount for pre-booking now). The problems are since quick park shut there is a shortage of long term spots (the blue is a pain in the bollox) and more cost effective options.

The bus is great value and drops you right at the terminals. If you have close by, not sure why you'd drive to the airport tbh.

[JimStynes]

Airport park in Dublin over £200 for a week. Ridiculous

Getting the bus for £36 return for 2 people.

That is the short term I presume?

I always park in the short term and have done before they offered as a prebook option, especially when I was expensing for work. You not being extorted, you are paying for a premium parking spot right at the door of the terminals and it's always been that expensive (you get a discount for pre-booking now). The problems are since quick park shut there is a shortage of long term spots (the blue is a pain in the bollox) and more cost effective options.

The bus is great value and drops you right at the terminals. If you have close by, not sure why you'd drive to the airport tbh.

The other options were a 15min transfer from the blue long term car park for £130 and another shorter one for £108. Parked in the red car park a few years ago and it's more than doubled in price. I'm only 10/15 min from the bus route so you're right, it's a better option to just get the bus.

[thebigfella]

Airport park in Dublin over £200 for a week. Ridiculous

Getting the bus for £36 return for 2 people.

That is the short term I presume?

I always park in the short term and have done before they offered as a prebook option, especially when I was expensing for work. You not being extorted, you are paying for a premium parking spot right at the door of the terminals and it's always been that expensive (you get a discount for pre-booking now). The problems are since quick park shut there is a shortage of long term spots (the blue is a pain in the bollox) and more cost effective options.

The bus is great value and drops you right at the terminals. If you have close by, not sure why you'd drive to the airport tbh.

The other options were a 15min transfer from the blue long term car park for £130 and another shorter one for £108. Parked in the red car park a few years ago and it's more than doubled in price. I'm only 10/15 min from the bus route so you're right, it's a better option to just get the bus.

Red has alway been a pain and nearly always sold out. Quick park being shut has made it worse but it's always been the one I thought was a rip off compared to the other options. The short term is ironically the best value, I'm a fan of the short term option and won't have a word said against it

I taxi it mostly now since Quick Park shut as it's 40 euro one way and door to door.

[Armagh18]

Looked yesterday at booking 2 adults and 2 kids on the train from Portadown to Dublin for the match special. £108

Jesus. Think I'll drive.

[lurganblue]

Looked yesterday at booking 2 adults and 2 kids on the train from Portadown to Dublin for the match special. £108

Are there no  family tickets available?

No not that I see

[JoG2]

Airport park in Dublin over £200 for a week. Ridiculous

Getting the bus for £36 return for 2 people.

That is the short term I presume?

I always park in the short term and have done before they offered as a prebook option, especially when I was expensing for work. You not being extorted, you are paying for a premium parking spot right at the door of the terminals and it's always been that expensive (you get a discount for pre-booking now). The problems are since quick park shut there is a shortage of long term spots (the blue is a pain in the bollox) and more cost effective options.

The bus is great value and drops you right at the terminals. If you have close by, not sure why you'd drive to the airport tbh.

The other options were a 15min transfer from the blue long term car park for £130 and another shorter one for £108. Parked in the red car park a few years ago and it's more than doubled in price. I'm only 10/15 min from the bus route so you're right, it's a better option to just get the bus.

£168 for 12 nights in Red in the summer. We'll park at a friend's house outside Dublin and get a taxi to the airport.. Serious cash on top of everything else

[thewobbler]

Last summer I was in Tenerife. Went for a daily walk of 5-6 miles generally from Adeje to Los Cristianos.

Along that route the various cafes (all seaside) would advertise their prices.

Some went with €3 for a pint. Others €2 for a large beer. Then there was a cluster at either end of the walk has €1 large beers.

They're selling draught beer for roughly half the price it can be bought in for on this Ireland.

Tax is an issue. But mostly it's Diageo, and a corporate willingness to gouge and gouge and gouge.

No surprise they're putting their prices up again next month.

Horrible c***ts.

[general_lee]

Guinness sales are through the roof.
All sorts of hipsters, young 20 somethings, young girls etc are drinking it nowadays. All sorts of social media accounts are set up rating pints of Guinness, instagram, TikTok, Twitter etc - basically doing the marketing for them. Diageo are just sticking the hand in while they can.

[gallsman]

Ask your camarero the next time you're in Tenerife what he makes compared to a barman in Ireland.

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Guinness sales are through the roof.
All sorts of hipsters, young 20 somethings, young girls etc are drinking it nowadays. All sorts of social media accounts are set up rating pints of Guinness, instagram, TikTok, Twitter etc - basically doing the marketing for them. Diageo are just sticking the hand in while they can.

Huge fan of the fb page which shows lots of cleavage 😝😆