Expensive Ireland

Madam, - Your edition of January 17th reports a bar owner in Italy being fined for charging €1 for a cappuccino.

Madam, - Your edition of January 17th reports a bar owner in Italy being fined for charging €1 for a cappuccino.

I was charged €3 in a bar in Co Clare. When I complained I was asked to leave. - Yours, etc.,

DONAL KELLEHER, Wellpark Grove, Galway.

Madam, - Dublin Zoo has increased its annual family membership fee by 30 per cent.

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The Government recently ran an "awareness" campaign telling us to shop around for better prices. Can a Government spokesperson please tell me how I can "shop around" with Dublin Zoo? - Yours, etc.,

CATHERINE McMANUS, O'Brien Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12.