Caitriona Redmond: How to make the perfect pre-trick-or-treating meal 

Plus money saving tips as we see rising prices in our weekly basket

Make these spooky Halloween treats from your leftover barmbrack.

Along with the big ticket announcements from the ECB , in the world of Irish Food, we’ve had marked changes in the price of weekly staples in our sample trolley.

There has been a shift in the cost of over €3 in some cases. The very first week we tracked prices back in March, an Aldi shopping basket cost €17.36. That same basket this week costs €20.21, an increase of €2.85 per week for just 11 items; over a year, an increase of €148.20.