Hard-hit Irish consumers face paying more for dairy products and fish as wholesale costs skyrocket, figures revealed yesterday.
Producers were forced to increase the price of milk, eggs and cheese by 53% in the past year which will now most likely be passed on to shoppers. CSO figures show electricity costs jumped by more than 86% in 12 months.
Consumers Association of Ireland chair Michael Kilcoyne said: “The cost of living is going through the roof. The Government is doing very little to intervene or curtail it.”
