21.5% VAT increase? Rip of Ireland

As of the 1st December VAT has gone up by 0.5 %. I was disgusted by this increase and i never knew nor heard about. As if the economy and cost of living in ireland isnt bloody well high enough the government go and increase the VAT.  This of course means that the cost of everything has gone up in a country that is bloody well expensive already.  A few months ago the cost of Alcohol was increased along with cigarettes.

Irish rail Rip Off:
Last week in went to dublin to visit my sister and was kinda shocked at the prices. A 5-day return ticket from dundalk to dublin costed €25 while thats expensive its nothing compared to how much a one way ticket from dublin to dundalk costed a whopping €19.50!

Pizza Hut Rip Off:
A visit to Pizza hut in dundrum in dublin should have had great food at reasonable prices. Two single pizzas costed €10 each plus €2.25 for a Pepsi and €5 euro each for two starters plus another €5 for a Bulmers.  Anyway the whole meal came to a totaly disgraceful amount of €40. I wouldnt mind if the meal was good but it wasnt it was very average compared with the price of a Dominos pizza and meal for around €25