What are they Thinking!!!

On the one hand you have discover Ireland sponsoring the "Who do you think you are? Live"  in the UK in February and the other you have the GRO doubling the cost of getting certs.  Are we trying to encourage tourists to come over here and discover their Irish roots?  

"Civil registration certificates were yesterday doubled in price by the Republic's Civil Registration Service (CRS), from ten euro to 20 euro. Genealogists were stunned by this 100% increase. In the current fiscal crisis, the Republic's government is actively looking for any way it can to increase revenue and the production and supply of certificates was obviously seen as a soft target. The increase was sprung without warning"
see http://www.cigo.ie/news.html for the full story.