Worse hikes next week.
According to property website Daft.ie, Ireland is seeing an “unprecedented” lack of houses for sale online, with average prices increasingly sharply since last year. According to the Irish House Price Report for Q1 in 2022, nationally average house prices rose 8.4% nationally since last March, partially due to inflation. While Covid-19 initially reduced house prices, […]
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that Ireland has “benefitted from cheap food for a long time,” and said that he believes food prices will go up due to the conflict in Ukraine. The remarks were made in the Dáil this week while speaking to Independent TD Michael McNamara, who said that food shortages in western […]
A group of environment-focused economists in Germany have called for massive tax hikes on meat products to combat climate change, even as food prices surge due to inflation. According to researchers from TU Berlin’s Chair of Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, the government should move to limit meat consumption to “attain greenhouse gas neutrality.” “Livestock […]
Parliamentary Budget Office say inflation at 12-year high
Irish hauliers are protesting in Dublin city for the second time in weeks to protest rising fuel prices and carbon taxes, which they told Gript is “government-driven.” The organisers, who call themselves the Irish Truckers Haulage Association Against Fuel Prices, are primarily calling for “lower fuel costs at the pump and at home.” Protesters say […]