John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are always going to disagree on this issue. Is it not fair to say about the centre of Dublin and tourism, that as much as pubs may offer craic and ceol, tourists are ripped off in pubs and restaurants in Temple Bar. That is not value for money. Tourists go to Temple Bar. They do not go to the pub I know. Tourists do not know the other places. I know that my own local struggles and if it did not serve food every day it would not survive. That is what keeps it afloat.

I recently attended the British Labour Party conference in Manchester. It would have been hard to find beers there as expensive as those in Temple Bar.