Irish Examiner view: Ireland's cost-of-living crisis requires radical action 

Supermarkets' response at the Retail Forum will disappoint Irish people under pressure due to soaring energy and grocery prices

The big retailers' attitude is disheartening but the performance of the Government in reining in soaring price of groceries is equally disappointing. File picture: Jon Super/PA

Hard-pressed shoppers will be disappointed this morning with the results of a much-anticipated meeting yesterday
between Minister of State Neale Richmond and the Retail Forum which was aimed at addressing the vexed issue of food price inflation, now at a punishing 17%.

Before the meeting there was an expectation that the nation’s supermarkets would be given six weeks to demonstrate reductions in price.