Ireland's inflation hits record high in April
Prices increase 7% year-on-year last month
By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - The annual inflation rate of Ireland saw a record high level of 7% in April, official figures showed on Thursday.
The largest increases were seen in transport with 18.9%, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels with 17.1%, and alcoholic beverages and tobacco with 5.1%.
Meanwhile, there were decreases in miscellaneous goods & services (-1.6%), education (-0.8%) and health (-0.4%) year-on-year in April.
On o monthly basis, the inflation rate was 0.9% in April.
In March 2022, the annual inflation rate stood at 6.9%, while it was 1.1% in April 2021.
Before March 2022, the rate had never reached 6% since the record keeping started in February 1997, according to Eurostat data.
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