{"id":67802,"date":"2023-09-11T11:37:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=67802"},"modified":"2023-09-11T11:37:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:37:39","slug":"dublin-airport-trolled-for-its-alcohol-free-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/lifestyle\/dublin-airport-trolled-for-its-alcohol-free-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin airport trolled for its alcohol free bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Dublin airport is trolled for its alcohol free bar &#8211; as some say the pop up is &#8216;not aimed at the Irish market&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dublin Airport introduced an alcohol free bar &#8211; leaving some online stunned\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0I was born in Ireland&#8217;s longest-standing Magdalene house &#8211; I was robbed of the chance to grow up with a loving family\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Travellers flying through to Dublin were left chuckling this week after they poked fun at the &#8216;alcohol free bar&#8217; in the airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Posting on the website X, formerly known as\u00a0Twitter, social media account\u00a0@marmobet\u00a0poked fun at the bar, which popped up in the capital&#8217;s international airport and boasts dry versions of Guinness, Carlsberg, and Gordon&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>He cheekily posted: &#8216;I&#8217;ll tell you what&#8217;ll work in @DublinAirport,\u00a0an alcohol free bar&#8230;&#8217;, which amassed thousands of likes.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users chimed in to express similar sentiment &#8211; with one posing the question: &#8216;Who willingly drinks Carlsberg with no alcohol? It&#8217;s bad enough with alcohol&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Responses were overwhelmingly negative, with users unclear as to the bar&#8217;s purpose.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/10\/75286133-12503707-image-a-5_1694425478962.jpg\" height=\"843\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Travellers flying through to Dublin confessed they got a surprise this week after they spotted an &#8216;alcohol free bar&#8217; in the airport (pictured)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75288587-12503707-Dublin_based_Twitter_account_marmobet_took_to_the_platform_to_po-m-35_1694426744392.jpg\" height=\"123\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dublin-based Twitter account @marmobet took to the platform to poke fun at the bar that popped up in the capital&#8217;s international airport, which boasts dry versions of Guinness, Carlsberg, and Gordon&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>One user even shared an image of a vending machine to suggest how an alcohol free bar is akin to dispensing soft drinks &#8211; accompanied with the text: &#8216;They already have those&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Some even contemplated smuggling their alcoholic goods into the teetotal premises: &#8216;Can I bring my pints of Guinness from the alcohol bar to drink in peace and quiet?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another remarked: &#8216;And yet, it&#8217;s still as expensive as normal alcoholic beverages&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One user commented noted the bar&#8217;s perceived lack of popularity and joked: &#8216;The barmaid looks rushed off her feet&#8230;&#8217;, ridiculing the empty looking bar.<\/p>\n<p>A different user felt similar and said: &#8216;Girl behind the bar texting a manager saying, &#8220;Can I close shop &#8211; it&#8217;s dead in here?&#8221;&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>One even joked: &#8216;I think the chocolate teapot could be in trouble here&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And others were still in shock that a business had actively &#8216;invested good money into that&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another user felt the concept was ill-advised didn&#8217;t align with the country&#8217;s values: &#8216;Not aimed at the Irish market for sure&#8217;, although one suggested it&#8217;d be &#8216;a favourite among pilots?!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/09\/75286149-12503707-image-a-12_1694421033647.jpg\" height=\"363\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ireland is a country renowned for many things &#8211; Nobel Prize-winning literature, stunning natural beauty, but most famously perhaps for its dry ale &#8211; Guinness, so people were shocked when one Dublin airport bar abandoned the booze. Pictured here is terminal 3 at Dublin Airport (stock image)<\/p>\n<p>This comes after tourists hit out\u00a0at The Temple Bar last month for charging &#8216;extortionate&#8217; amounts for visitors to enjoy a pint after a receipt from the pub was shared online.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Posting the receipt on X, the website formerly known as, they wrote: &#8216;I&#8217;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?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Tourists and beer-lovers who frequent the Irish haunt or have visited shared their outrage over the inflated prices &#8211; with the price of a Guinness and Heineken costing almost ten Euros each.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The receipt with The Temple Bar&#8217;s infamous logo printed at the top shows a total bill of \u20ac81.85 &#8211; yet, the punter had only purchased seven items.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286113-12503707-image-m-20_1694426477556.jpg\" height=\"139\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286727-12503707-image-m-8_1694426644943.jpg\" height=\"742\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286733-12503707-image-m-9_1694426651554.jpg\" height=\"129\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286111-12503707-image-m-11_1694426660449.jpg\" height=\"113\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286739-12503707-image-m-12_1694426666271.jpg\" height=\"116\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286723-12503707-image-m-13_1694426672585.jpg\" height=\"136\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286755-12503707-image-m-14_1694426678689.jpg\" height=\"115\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286737-12503707-image-m-15_1694426683956.jpg\" height=\"109\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286729-12503707-image-m-16_1694426690743.jpg\" height=\"119\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/11\/11\/75286735-12503707-Irish_Twitter_users_took_to_the_platform_to_express_their_confus-m-17_1694426699642.jpg\" height=\"109\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Irish Twitter users took to the platform to express their confusion at the alcohol free bar, and one even said &#8216;not aimed at the Irish market for sure&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Two pints of Guinness &#8211; Ireland&#8217;s most sought after beverage from tourists worldwide &#8211; amounted to \u20ac17.90, meaning that it costs \u20ac8.95 for one pint.<\/p>\n<p>Next on the receipt is one pint of Heineken, setting the customer back a whopping \u20ac9.95.<\/p>\n<p>Two vodka and tonic drinks were then purchased &#8211; costing \u20ac27 for both, meaning the price is set at \u20ac13.50 individually.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, two Jameson whisky and ginger mixers also totalled \u20ac27, bringing the entire bill to \u20ac81.85.<\/p>\n<p>Furious tourists and punters took to the comments below Pint of Beauty&#8217;s post to express their shock over the &#8216;crazy&#8217; charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12503707\/Dublin-airport-trolled-alcohol-free-bar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dublin airport is trolled for its alcohol free bar &#8211; as some say the pop up is &#8216;not aimed at the Irish market&#8217; 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