College life in Dublin these days

themadchef

Having a discussion with a trainee about "the good old days".

Rent for a piss poor bedsit was 25 quid or up to 40 for a decent shared gaff within walking distance of town.

Grant was 38 quid a week

Ten pack of smokes was around 1.50.

Pints were around the quid mark...no one drank shorts .... as far as i remember not even the best off had a car.

If one of the group had money we all got drunk, everyone got locked grant day.

I graduated in '95 so was wondering what's the biggest changes now?

Oh yeah, not one of us had a student loan either......better or worse off now cause the way i hear it these guys are out every night and it's not pints it's bombers, and cocktails costing mental money.

Just wondering where the money comes from.

Solarball10

Lol...well I couldn't tell ya what college life is DUB is like, but I can tell ya what college life in GALWAY was like....

rent 50 quid a week
Grant was 50 quid a week
Pints a quid? REALLY?! Woweee...erm anyway pint €4

The grant is a fairly big amount now for some people anyway, and most students probably work part-time, (I didn't myself, I was a good saver!) so that's where the extra money comes from I guess.

Pherekydes

themadchef wrote: »

I graduated in '95 so was wondering what's the biggest changes now?

Mature students. They're going to college to get educated, not drunk, and are showing up the leaving cert kids (immature students ).

themadchef

Maybe i'm remebering it with rose tinted glasses, the older you get the cheaper the drink was ...........maybe it was 2 quid........but it was very cheap in student type bars

jester77

I remember those days as well. Was paying 40 a week to share a 5 bedroom house in Limerick city, lunch was a 50p roll and we would be knocking back pints for £1 in Feathery Burkes or there was a great 1£ for a different shot every 15 mins in the the loft, then off to get legless in docs followed by a slap up meal in Kranks.... bring back the 90's

prendy

happy hours were allowed back then aswell :mad:
now its the same as any night out in dublin..4-5€ a pint and stupid niteclub charges!

Creamy Goodness

there are places in dublin where you can get pints for €3, granted it's fosters/bavaria muck but not that bad.

baztard

Ahh I remember £2 drinks in the palace in Dublin, the music was kicking and the crowd was horny. You had Pegs on a monday night also, the drinks were only £1, and when the euro came in they were only €1 for a short while. After 2002 when the euro came in, prices generally rocketed, and student life in Dublin went rubbish compared to what it had been.

JC 2K3

I'm hungover and depressed having had a really shítty night last night, so my opinion is probably skewed. But I'm a student, and yeah, it sucks.

Fajitas!

My rent three years ago, when I was in first year, was 150 a week, then down to 115 in second, at 85 a week now, which is great, but the house is a dump. First place was lovely.

Pints are 4-5 quid, we just drink cans most of the time. Spirits are handy, but I don't drink'em. College athmosphere in the evening is best for me, but I think that's down to the college moreso than anything else.

No grant nor loan here, thank feic about not having a loan to pay back.

Don't go out every night, Thursday would be the biggest, then a few back at home on a Friday when I do go home. Only really stay out late for special occasions or sessions these days.

Creamy Goodness

JC 2K3 wrote: »

I'm hungover and depressed having had a really shítty night last night, so my opinion is probably skewed. But I'm a student, and yeah, it sucks.

ditto, still picking shards of glass out of the soles of my shoes, two guesses where i was, i keep saying never again :mad:

Sleepy

Graduated from UCG in 2003 and could see the place changing pretty quickly over the five years I was there. For my first three years I would have been out almost every night of the week and in the last two that tailed off to about 3/4 nights a week. The younger brother is just finishing up his degree there and only seems to go out once a week. The Alcohol Policy killed the craic (I'd still take it over any of the Dublin Uni's though!).

MOH

themadchef wrote: »

Maybe i'm remebering it with rose tinted glasses, the older you get the cheaper the drink was ...........maybe it was 2 quid........but it was very cheap in student type bars

DCU bar was £1.93 in '94. Think it was about 2.20 in town. Remember somewhere being 2.50 and thinking that's a rip off

Kipperhell

It used to be £1.65 a pint in the USI bar in 93ish

The good old days in Dublin include expensive everything in general. It only seems cheap now. Most students worked and those renting lived in hovels that they thought were expensive.

The moaning is nothing new and people did say things were better in the 80s then too.

Mushy

The Purty Kitchen for starting nights out...€3 a pint before 8 o' clock. Anywhere after that can be done relatively cheaply(Monday to Thursday). Thats the nightlife of students now.

Everything else is crazy prices ie. Rent, not getting grants for ages

sweetie

MOH wrote: »

DCU bar was £1.93 in '94. Think it was about 2.20 in town. Remember somewhere being 2.50 and thinking that's a rip off

i remember it to be 2.02 for a lager

fly_agaric

themadchef wrote: »

Just wondering where the money comes from.

Just guessing...
A job, perhaps combined with living at home, or in one of paw-paw and mumsys' properties in Dublin -> no rent? Or top ups from mumsy's bank account?

ozzyoh wrote:

Lol...well I couldn't tell ya what college life is DUB is like, but I can tell ya what college life in GALWAY was like....

Sleepy wrote:

Graduated from UCG in 2003 and could see the place changing pretty quickly over the five years I was there.

Eh, this is the Dublin City forum (covers head)...:p

raheny red

themadchef wrote: »

Just wondering where the money comes from.

Worked my arse off during the summer.

Cremo wrote: »

ditto, still picking shards of glass out of the soles of my shoes, two guesses where i was, i keep saying never again :mad:

I'm guessing Quinns or Coppers.