Vat difference

Currently I am slightly bitter about the difference between Irish and UK prices for baby stuff.
The UK is a lot cheaper but what I didn't know is that we both have Vat rates applying to some nursery items then the standard 21% here and 17.5% in the UK(I think it is 17.5% there)


http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2008/07/13/story34411.asp

So it sort of explains some of the price discrepancies.