Rents and car insurance costs continue to surge in August

More expensive education costs coupled with rising motor insurance policies and rents ended a series of eight months of deflation, in August.

Prices remained unchanged last month when compared with the same period in 2014 despite rising by 0.4% in the month.

New Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures from the CSO suggest the period of falling prices appears to have come to an end although inflationary pressures remain modest.