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There's a very useful website for Dublin visitors called Free Dublin www.freedublin.com it's packed with up to date local information.

*bookmarks site* Thanks!

i was hoping a guiness link would pop up..

ah well ..

yes, you must go to the Guiness storehouse but before you go on the tour and get your free beer you have to go into the gift store and buy the dark chocolate made w/ Guiness. It tastes sooooo good w/ the beer - please do this!!! and yes it does taste better in Ireland

well after a weekend away in dublin

I felt food was very expensive (well the pound is crap at the moment)
pints of beer was good value euro's4-5.5

Guiness definitely tastes better in Ireland. I'd go back to the Guiness Storehouse for the guiness-enhanced chocolates, absolutely...BUT, I wouldn't bother with the tour ever again. I thought it was a bit of a rip off. You don't even get to see the beer being made, or anything...it's just a bunch of glass & fiberglass-etched signs explaining it all. After two or three entire FLOORS of that, you're ready to bail & head up the lift for your pint. The view from the top is cool, but...plenty of places around Dublin for good views.

Dublin is expensive if you live there. Its the same as anywhere else if your going out there though. Hotels-100 euro, a pint is about €4, a meal for 2....about 30-50 each.

Gonna have to go with Bowe on this one.. Whatever you may find in Dublin that's cheap/free.... Dublin is still a rip!

Tip: Bring sandwiches!

I have to say though-compared to venice dublin is very very cheap. I paid 36 euro for a chicken curry,7 for a bottle of beer,and between 10 and 20 to be allowed sit down in a restaurant

yeah your right about venice but thats only for the most touristy part, you'l never find a wine shop in dublin that will sell you 2 litres of wine for e2.50 (and that wasn't that far from one of the big squares-down some wee side street) and the restaurants on Lido were the same price or cheaper than dublin.
The worst thing about Dublin is that traditional food (apart from fish and chips ) is a complete rip for what you get e.g 10 euro for a bowl of irish stew most places in the city centre charging a fortune for a fry (still feeling the loss of that greasy spoon on dame street)

If your really hungry I'd recommend the all you can eat Chinese on Abbey street (beside spirit) think its about 9 euro for the buffet