Government 'all mouth and no trousers' when is comes to addressing price inflation 

Junior minister with special responsibility for retail business Neale Richmond convened a meeting of the Retail Forum to address a near 17% food price inflation in the last year. Picture: Leah Farrell /RollingNews.ie

The Government has been slammed as "all mouth and no trousers" after a meeting with retailers delivered little in the way of concrete action on food prices.

Neale Richmond, junior minister with special responsibility for retail business, convened a meeting of the Retail Forum to address a near 17% food price inflation in the last year.