Irish Examiner view: The ghost at the feast in high-cost Ireland

With a return to freedom comes a responsibility to spend prudently

Ireland's inflation rate is around 2.2% and supply chains are under pressure. Picture: Press Association

The news that Ireland is one of the most expensive countries in the EU for citizens or, as they also described, consumers, comes as no shock to any of us. And financial pressures will increase as autumn turns to winter.

During the extended tribulations imposed by the pandemic, many of the normal rules of sound accounting for both domestic households and businesses have been suspended.