Inflation rate ticks up to 1.8% with food seeing a 5% jump in prices

Transport and energy prices have fallen over the past year

Food prices are estimated to have risen by 0.4% in the last month.

Ireland's headline annual inflation figure ticked up to 1.8% in August, with food prices seeing a 5% annual increase.

The EU Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for Ireland is estimated to have risen by 0.3% since July. The 1.8% figure compares with a 2% inflation rate for the Eurozone.

The CSO said energy prices are estimated to have fallen by 0.3% in the month and decreased by 0.1% over the 12 months to August.

However, food prices are estimated to have risen by 0.4% in the last month and by 5% in the last 12 months. Excluding energy and unprocessed food, the HICP is estimated to have gone up by 1.9% since August 2024.

"Transport costs have fallen by 0.5% in the month and decreased by 2.4% in the 12 months to August 2025," Anthony Dawson, Statistician in the Prices Division, said.

The European statistical agency Eurostat will publish flash estimates of inflation from the EU HICP for the Eurozone tomorrow.