Some pubs in Dublin are a rip off, fact, but there are lotes of really good pubs that most of our visitors dont know about, 3euro in most of them, I drive a taxi around dublin and have seen so may visitors been ripped off, to be honest most Dublin people dont even drink in the city anymore, as for that vomit bucket that they call Temple Bar, stay well clear of it, plan your trip well, get talking to the lads on the street and you wont go far wrong.