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"JohnC":1d5o8mbd wrote: If Wetherspoons bring stock over from the UK they could well have a big commercial advantage over local bars.[/quote:1d5o8mbd]
They couldn't do that without paying extra excise duty/vat

"Will_D":de9prbva wrote:

"JohnC":de9prbva wrote: If Wetherspoons bring stock over from the UK they could well have a big commercial advantage over local bars.[/quote:de9prbva]
They couldn't do that without paying extra excise duty/vat[/quote:de9prbva]

I think it stills works out cheaper anyway.

Also, UK Guinness is .1% lower abv than Irish so cheaper still.

"irish_goat":2qb93k1x wrote:

"Will_D":2qb93k1x wrote:

"JohnC":2qb93k1x wrote: If Wetherspoons bring stock over from the UK they could well have a big commercial advantage over local bars.[/quote:2qb93k1x]
They couldn't do that without paying extra excise duty/vat[/quote:2qb93k1x]

I think it stills works out cheaper anyway.

Also, UK Guinness is .1% lower abv than Irish so cheaper still.[/quote:2qb93k1x]I couldn't find the article I read but here's a boards.ie quoting it:
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In any event, I'm dragging the thread off topic so I'll leave it there.

[quote:2qb93k1x]Diageo has agreed to slash the price of Guinness to the company which runs the bars in Dublin’s new Aviva Stadium at Lansdowne Road, after the company threatened to import supplies from Britain.

Irish publicans pay €131.66 for a 50-litre keg of Guinness. The ex-duty price of the same keg to the on-trade in Britain is half that, at £54.15 (€66). Even after payment of Irish duty, the cost of importing Guinness to Ireland would be only €99.33 per keg, a saving of 33 per cent.
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