Pressure on consumers caused by 'greedflation', says Cairns

Holly Cairns: 'Biggest price increases have been to basic food items.' Picture: Moya Nolan

What started as a cost-of-living crisis has now become a cost-of-greed crisis, with families struggling with spiralling food and energy costs, the Dáil has heard.

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has warned that entire industries are taking advantage of this crisis by inflating their prices to unsustainable levels.