Government has 'left households to feel the pain' of rising food prices, says Sinn Féin

Social Democrats' deputy leader Cian O'Callaghan called on the Government to require all supermarket chains and retailers to publish detailed and full accounts of their profits

Mary Lou McDonald (pictured) accused Micheál Martin of being out of touch and said: 'Does the Taoiseach do his weekly shop? No, he does not'. File picture: Conor Ó Mearáin / Collins Photo

The Government has been accused of "bull and bluster" and abandoning households as food prices continue to soar.

Mary Lou McDonald said the Government is content with sticking its head in the sand as people at the checkouts are being "ripped off week-in, week-out".