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  1. fish IS dear. And people want cod and haddock, not the cheap mackerel (mind you, mackerel in batter doesn’t sound appealing at all!). If you go to Howth, where fish is cheaper, you can still pay over 15 eur per kilo for these.

  2. You could buy steak for two and cook it at home for €17 but you’d never get steak for two in a restaurant for that, would you?

  3. €8.50 each for fish and chips and I would imagine a drink .. I don’t think thats too bad especially if the fish was nice.

  4. Fish should be dear. Its being overfished and stocks are being depleated. If a higher price is charged for it, then it stops it being a thoughtless cheap option, and reduces consumption of it.

  5. After watching the fantastic Skippers on rte, I buy as much Irish fish as possible!

  6. I agree with you Emily. My point is more about how someone from Northern Ireland was astonished by the prices down here – it happened to be fish but could have been anything. I’ve changed this topic from “Bad Value” to “Price Comparisons” instead.