Comparing prices around Europe

How much for a cinema ticket?

Here . . .

Dublin: Savoy,O'Connell Street, €8 adult/€5 child;

Omniplex, Santry, €7/ €4.50; Ster Century, Liffey Valley, €8/€5.10

Cork: Gate Multiplex, North Main Street, €7/€4 Galway: Omniplex, Head- ford Road, €7.50/€4.50

Athlone: IMC, €6.50/€4

Belfast: UGC, Dublin Road,

€6.80/€4.45

There . . .

London: Odeon, Leicester Square, €15/€9 Edinburgh: Warner Village, Greenside, €9.80/€6

Paris: UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles, €8.80/€5.50 Berlin: Cinemaxx Potsdamerplatz, €7.50/€4

Amsterdam: City, Leidseplein, €8.20/€6.70

Barcelona: Cines Icaria, Port Olimpic, €6.50/€4

New York: Cinema Village, E 12th St, €7.95/ €5.15

• All prices are for evening screenings. Next week: a round of drinks

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What you've found . . .

This week PriceWatch received an e-mail from a reader warning that local mobile-phone operators do not always give full details about how much it costs to use your phone abroad.

You should be able to find out from your local operator in advance about every tariff offered by every network in the country you're going to.

This reader's steered her towards just one network - each a preferred business partner and not always the cheapest - in each country she intended to visit.

So don't just accept the first foreign network recommended by your operator: ask about other options and get a break- down of all tariffs.

Then make up your own mind.

• If you notice a significant price increase or discrepancy, e-mail us at pricewatch@irish-times.ie