Duty Free...Southern Ireland

[mancmo]

I'm flying out to Southern Ireland on Friday morning from Manchester...will I be able to purchase alcohol in Duty Free...??

I sort of remember not being able to buy cigarettes or alcohol a few years ago....has this changed?? Southern Ireland is part of EU...but I want to double check!

Thanks xx

[abstibus]

No, you won't.

[friedgreentomato]

You will be able to buy booze but it will be at a cheaper duty paid rate - you only get true duty free on international flights.

[mancmo]

hmmm, confused now....annemollie says no...friedgreentomato say yes????

[ummmm]

You can buy it...it's just not duty free.

[abstibus]

Here's a link for you about airport shopping Dublin, mancman:
http://www.theloop.ie/

[Flyhalf]

When you get to the airport you wil see two prices on shelves, clearly saying which apply to EU countries, of which ROI is one.

[Buenchico]

To clear things up:

There is NO 'duty free' allowance for ANY travel within the EU (irrespective of the countries which you're travelling between) . You can only make genuine duty free purchases (subject to strict limits) when travelling into, or out of, the EU.

The cheaper fags booze you can buy within some other EU countries - either in local shops or at the airport -are 'duty paid', not 'duty free'. (i.e.duty has been paid at local rates). You're entitled to bring back a theoretically unlimited quantity of such purchases, as long as they're for your personal use (which includes bona fide gifts to others, for which you'll receive nothing in return, but not goods for which you'll receive payment - even if you don't make a profit). However HMRC have 'advisory limits', beyond which they will challenge travellers about whether their imports are genuinely for personal use. Those 'advisory limits' are here:
http://www.hmrc.gov.u...riving/arrivingeu.htm

However the 'duty paid' prices of ciggies and booze in the Irish Republic are generally slightly above those of the UK, so travellers to Ireland are unlikely to make any savings by buying them there.

Chris