Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has defended the Government’s action on the cost-of-living crisis as “dynamic to an unfolding situation”, as Sinn Fein criticised ministers for not taking further measures.
Figures published on Thursday show that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 9.1% in the year to June 2022, up from an annual increase of 7.8% in the year to May 2022.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), which published the figures, said it was the largest annual increase in the CPI since 1984, when annual inflation was 9.7%.
