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New data has suggested Ireland is the third most expensive country in the EU for a night out.<\/p>\nNew data has suggested Ireland is the third most expensive country in the EU for a night out.<\/p>\n
OneBigSwitch has found that it costs \u20ac180 euro for a couple here to go out, the same as it would cost to book a return flight to Berlin or a four-month gym membership.<\/p>\n
The items topping the cost list were; dinner at a mid-range restaurant (\u20ac60), a baby sitter for five hours (\u20ac53) and drinks (4.5 for \u20ac30).<\/p>\n
The rest came from transport and a chipper.<\/p>\n
The only EU countries more expensive than Ireland were the Netherlands (\u20ac220) and Denmark (\u20ac202).<\/p>\n
“I suppose the numbers don\u2019t lie,” said One Big Switch director of campaigns David Liston.<\/p>\n
“A night out in Ireland is clearly very expensive. \u20ac180 for any young couple is an awful lot of money.<\/p>\n
Given the state of the rental market, perhaps Air BnB\u2019ing out their house for the five hours might make it do-able?<\/p>\n
The analysis is based on the world\u2019s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries, Numbeo.<\/p>\n
Over 390,000 people have contributed to the data.<\/p>\n