This is bordering on offensive.

Lets get a few things clear.

Irish people are some of the best paid in Europe. Our cost of living reflects this and we live significantly better than the vast majority of Europe, including crappy old England. Americans seem to want to visit Ireland on what we call 'the cheap' and splash out in Paris, Amsterdam, Rome. Do it the other way around.

A 4* $150 a night hotel in Ireland is equivalent to a $300 hotel in the US, London or Paris. You dont get bedbugs because you got a good deal, you paid less because our (hotel) Taxs are low.

You can stay in the very best 5* Irish hotels for less than $300 a night. case in point, a small Irish town in the middle of nowhere has the worlds 5th best destination spa. Monart and its less than $200 a night!

Our food is CHEAP, we dont eat chemical filled crap, so when you are here and you see a 3 course steak dinner for $30 the cow was free range, grass fed and what you would call 'organic' charging $150 in NY for the very same striploin we flew over to you.

And rightly so, crap food is expensive. A XL bacon double cheese meal in burger king is $10. A 50g bar of Chocolate or Chips (crisps) $1+. 'Soda' is $2 a 500ml bottle.

You have 2 choices...
Come to Ireland and eat fast food... its twice the price of the US
Come to Ireland and eat quality food... its at least half the price of the US



5* Castlemartyr Resort in Cork, good enough for Kim and Kanye, is $250 a night

5* Park Hotel Kenmare $280

5* Trump International Clare, $300

Rant over