Dublin City Council has been accused of St Patrick’s Day price gouging ahead of our patron saint’s party.
Festival organisers are charging up to €1,000 for a family of four to watch the city’s parade from a grandstand. And they want people to fork out up to €110 per couple – to get into a market.
Justin Leonard from the capital’s landmark fruit and veg market, between Capel Street and Smithfield, says it’s “absolutely outrageous”. The council is charging €25 a head to visit the market on March 17, or more than twice that amount for a couple’s “luxury package”.
