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.