Pub-goers in Dublin city centre are paying up to €4.40 more than their counterparts in Mayo for a pint.
That’s according to an Irish Independent nationwide survey has found.
Drinkers in Dublin and Wicklow face the highest average price for stout, while those living in counties Westmeath, Roscommon and Mayo pay the lowest.
The picture is similar for lager, with pubs in Dublin city, Co Wicklow and Galway city charging the most, while publicans in Roscommon, Donegal and Mayo asking the least.
It comes as Diageo – which supplies Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s – and Heineken, which also owns Coors, Murphy’s and Beamish, both increased their prices by 6pc last month.
A popular pub in Temple Bar in Dublin city centre is home to one of the most expensive pints of stout in the country, with a price tag of €9.20.
Meanwhile, on the west coast, one of the cheapest pints can be found for €4.80 in a small pub in Co Mayo called Lynott’s.
This marks a difference of €4.40 between the cheapest and the most expensive pint of stout across the country.
Lynott’s pub on Achill Island in Co Mayo not only serves the cheapest pint in Ireland, but it is also one of the smallest pubs in the country.
Mayo and Cork were the only counties where Irish Independent reporters could find a pint of stout for less than €5.
The three cheapest pints of lager were found in pubs in counties Donegal, Roscommon and Mayo, all priced at €5 each.
