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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Clare McCarthy

RTE Claire Byrne Live controversy as viewers left fuming over 'childish' segment

RTE viewers were left divided on Monday night, after noticing some interesting props being used for an Inflation Supermarket segment on Claire Byrne Live.

In a segment with retail expert Barry Savage who joined her in-studio, Claire discussed the rising cost of groceries in our supermarkets and how much items had increased since before the pandemic.

In the grocery shopping they revealed that the price of a loaf of sliced pan has increased by 2.4%, cornflakes by 2.4%, a block of butter by 2.6%, vegetable oil by 3.3% and lamb chops have jumped in price by 19.7%.

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