Education and insurance hikes nudge up inflation 

Increases in the cost of third-level education and higher health and motor insurance premiums led to a modest rise in inflation in June compared to 12 months ago.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show an increase of 0.4% in consumer prices in the year with a rise of just 0.1% from May of this year.

Education costs (+4.5%) showed the highest annual increase, followed by alcohol and tobacco products (4.1%) and miscellaneous goods and services (+3.9%) — which rose primarily due to higher insurance premiums.