What price a pint in 'rip-off' Republic? Ireland's economic success in the Eurozone has come at a high price. Are the Irish being ripped off--or merely being forced to adjust to a new reality?(grocery prices)

Grocer | August 27, 2005| | Copyright

In those seductive Tourist Board commercials of open roads, breathtaking scenery and friendly folk, the promise used to be the 'Ireland of the welcomes'. Now, after a decade of unprecedented prosperity, the welcoming Irish image has been replaced by a very different one--that of the rip-off Republic.

Ireland's Celtic Tiger economy has become the most successful in Europe. But the success has come at a price--the Republic is now the second most expensive country in the euro zone, after Finland, and the cost of even basic foodstuffs has soared.

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