The €50m question: From lidos to late buses and a boating lake in Phoenix Park, how to spend Dublin’s tourist tax windfallWe talk to some of the city’s movers and shakers to find out where any cash boost should be used to enrich the lives of the capital’s citizensThe €50m question: From lidos to late buses, how to spend Dublin’s tourist tax windfallJohn Meagher Today at 06:30Ireland is an outlier when it comes to the imposition of tourist taxes. The hospitality industry has always rejected the idea, but it is commonplace throughout Europe. Some 21 out of 27 EU member states have some form of tourist tax, with long-established hotel ‘city charges’ in place in the likes of Paris, Amsterdam and Rome. Irish fans supporting the football team in Czechia this week would have paid the fee when booking their Prague accommodation. Many would hardly have noticed.

Source: Irish Independent March 27, 2026 11:31 UTC