Drinkers swallow tax hikes

DRINKERS in the Taoiseach’s favourite watering hole would have found added tax on the pint of plain a bit hard to swallow.

In the last week, publicans in Dublin pushed up the price of a pint by an extra 10 cent.

Those quietly nursing their pints in Fagan’s Pub in Drumcondra weren’t too put out by the Budget - it could have been a whole lot worse, they reasoned.