Dublin airport is trolled for its alcohol free bar – as some say the pop up is ‘not aimed at the Irish market’

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Travellers flying through to Dublin were left chuckling this week after they poked fun at the ‘alcohol free bar’ in the airport. 

Posting on the website X, formerly known as Twitter, social media account @marmobet poked fun at the bar, which popped up in the capital’s international airport and boasts dry versions of Guinness, Carlsberg, and Gordon’s.

He cheekily posted: ‘I’ll tell you what’ll work in @DublinAirport, an alcohol free bar…’, which amassed thousands of likes.

Twitter users chimed in to express similar sentiment – with one posing the question: ‘Who willingly drinks Carlsberg with no alcohol? It’s bad enough with alcohol’.

Responses were overwhelmingly negative, with users unclear as to the bar’s purpose.

Travellers flying through to Dublin confessed they got a surprise this week after they spotted an ‘alcohol free bar’ in the airport (pictured)  

Dublin-based Twitter account @marmobet took to the platform to poke fun at the bar that popped up in the capital’s international airport, which boasts dry versions of Guinness, Carlsberg, and Gordon’s

One user even shared an image of a vending machine to suggest how an alcohol free bar is akin to dispensing soft drinks – accompanied with the text: ‘They already have those’.

Some even contemplated smuggling their alcoholic goods into the teetotal premises: ‘Can I bring my pints of Guinness from the alcohol bar to drink in peace and quiet?’

Another remarked: ‘And yet, it’s still as expensive as normal alcoholic beverages’. 

One user commented noted the bar’s perceived lack of popularity and joked: ‘The barmaid looks rushed off her feet…’, ridiculing the empty looking bar.

A different user felt similar and said: ‘Girl behind the bar texting a manager saying, “Can I close shop – it’s dead in here?”‘.

One even joked: ‘I think the chocolate teapot could be in trouble here’.

And others were still in shock that a business had actively ‘invested good money into that’. 

Another user felt the concept was ill-advised didn’t align with the country’s values: ‘Not aimed at the Irish market for sure’, although one suggested it’d be ‘a favourite among pilots?!’ 

Ireland is a country renowned for many things – Nobel Prize-winning literature, stunning natural beauty, but most famously perhaps for its dry ale – Guinness, so people were shocked when one Dublin airport bar abandoned the booze. Pictured here is terminal 3 at Dublin Airport (stock image)

This comes after tourists hit out at The Temple Bar last month for charging ‘extortionate’ amounts for visitors to enjoy a pint after a receipt from the pub was shared online.

On August 28, Twitter account Pints of Beauty reposted a receipt shared by a reveller after visiting the Dublin tourist hotspot for a round of drinks on August 22.

Posting the receipt on X, the website formerly known as, they wrote: ‘I’ve had this sent through a few times, think we need to discuss. Tourist attraction or not, this is barbaric!! How can this be justified?’

Tourists and beer-lovers who frequent the Irish haunt or have visited shared their outrage over the inflated prices – with the price of a Guinness and Heineken costing almost ten Euros each.  

The receipt with The Temple Bar’s infamous logo printed at the top shows a total bill of €81.85 – yet, the punter had only purchased seven items.

Irish Twitter users took to the platform to express their confusion at the alcohol free bar, and one even said ‘not aimed at the Irish market for sure’

Two pints of Guinness – Ireland’s most sought after beverage from tourists worldwide – amounted to €17.90, meaning that it costs €8.95 for one pint.

Next on the receipt is one pint of Heineken, setting the customer back a whopping €9.95.

Two vodka and tonic drinks were then purchased – costing €27 for both, meaning the price is set at €13.50 individually.

Finally, two Jameson whisky and ginger mixers also totalled €27, bringing the entire bill to €81.85.

Furious tourists and punters took to the comments below Pint of Beauty’s post to express their shock over the ‘crazy’ charges. 

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