The true extent of rip-off Ireland has been laid bare - as it emerged Irish shoppers are paying the second highest prices for food and booze in the Eurozone.
Food prices in supermarkets here are almost a fifth more than the average being paid in the other 19 countries in Europe that use the euro, the Eurozone, while the shocking price paid by us for alcohol is twice the European average.
Irish shoppers are paying more for virtually everything in their basket with fish the only exception - at a measly 3 per cent lower than the EU average.
