How much to . . . belong to a golf club?

Here . . .Dublin: Balbriggan Golf Club, €525 (8,000 entry fee); Dún Laoghaire Golf Club, 1,280 (€12,000); Luttrellstown Castle Golf Club, €1,330 (membership currently closed)

Belfast: Dunmurry Golf Club, 855 (€1,710)

Cork: Cork Golf Club, €925 (12,000)

Galway: Connemara Golf Club, 480 (5,000)

Kilkenny: Kilkenny Golf Club, 610 (€2,000)

Limerick: Castletroy Golf Club, 728 (€5,000)

Waterford: Dungarvan Golf Club, 570 (900)

Wexford: Seafield Golf & Country Club, 1,500 (€20,000; preferential share entry fee)

There . . .

Barcelona: El Prat Golf Club, 1,100 (3,000)

London: Highgate Golf Club, €1,202 (€1,800)

New York: Evergreen Country Club, 823 (no entry fee)

Paris: St Germain Golf Club, 800 (€1,600)

Prices are for a year's membership (entry fee in brackets)

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What you've found . . .

Alexander Fagan, who lives in France, was shocked on a recent visit to Dublin to be charged €2.29 for a two-litre bottle of mineral water at a Spar shop in Ringsend, Dublin. His local Monoprix supermarket, in Montpellier, charges €1.32 for a pack of 12 1.5-litre bottles of Crystalline spring water.

David Egan of Lehenaghmore, in Co Cork, is also unhappy about Irish prices. "I purchased 250 grams of strawberries in SuperValu in Wilton Shopping Centre a few weeks ago for €2.99; in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands, 500 grams of strawberries cost 1.99 - three times cheaper than in Ireland."

If you notice a significant price increase or discrepancy, let us know by e-mailing pricewatch@irish-times.ie