Economy
Inflation in Ireland
Official CPI from the Central Statistics Office, the consumer basket behind it, high-frequency price proxies, and the macro forces that shape Irish inflation — in one civic dashboard.
Latest headline CPI: +4.3% year-on-year.
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Headline inflation
Official consumer price inflation for Ireland — what households paid this month versus a year ago, and the underlying rate excluding energy and unprocessed food.
Headline CPI YoY
+4.3%
Oct 2026MoM +0.7%Elevated · ECB target 2.0%
Source: CSO PxStat CPM20 · published monthly
Core CPI YoY
+3.1%
Excl. energy & unprocessed food
12-month CPI trajectory
Ireland·Nov 2025–Oct 2026·%
Headline CPI and core CPI, year on year.
Prices in Ireland are currently rising faster than the European Central Bank's 2.0% price-stability target, with stronger pressures in energy and transport, while food inflation is more contained.
Basket breakdown
How the CPI basket is weighted across spending categories, and which components inside a category are rising fastest. Tile size is weight; colour is year-on-year change.
Basket component inflation
Ireland·Latest weights·%
Viewing Restaurants & hotels. Tile size is weight. Colour is year-on-year change.
Viewing: Restaurants & hotels (+3.1% YoY · 20.0% weight)
Tile size = weight · colour = YoY inflation
Live high-frequency proxies
Wholesale and global signals that often move before official CPI. Dashed lines are matching sector rates — not forecasts.
Petrol and diesel prices
Ireland·2026-11-02·EUR per litre
European Commission · Weekly · EUR/L (incl. taxes)
€1.966/L petrol
€2.122/L diesel
Data notes & limitations
Ireland reports national average pump prices supplied by one oil company. Weekly retail prices are not the broader Transport CPI.
Global food index
Ireland·2026-10-01·Index / %
FAO Food Price Index
133.9
Data notes & limitations
Global food prices often lead Food CPI by 3–6 months.
Macroeconomic engines
Policy rates, wages and domestic demand against Irish CPI since 2021. Quarterly MDD is not interpolated to months.
ECB main refinancing rate vs mortgage interest CPI
Ireland·Since 2021·%
Data notes & limitations
When the ECB raises or cuts its main refinancing rate, Irish mortgage interest in the CPI tends to follow with a lag — not always one-for-one.
Wage growth vs headline CPI
Ireland·Since 2021·%
Calculation notes
Wage growth is a calculated year-on-year change from CSO weekly earnings. Earnings growth above CPI means real wages are rising on average.
Modified Domestic Demand vs headline CPI
Ireland·Since 2021·Index / %
Data notes & limitations
Modified Domestic Demand is quarterly and is not interpolated to months. Strong demand can coexist with high or low inflation.
Private rental inflation
CSO CPI Private Rents (CPM24). Annual change in private rents paid by households, published monthly. Not an average rent in euro or a measure of new-tenancy asking rents.
+5.5% year-on-year
2026-10 · CSO PxStat CPM24
Methodology & disclosures
Headline and core CPI are official CSO observations (CPM20 / CPM21). Basket weights are CPA10; detailed component rates are CPM24. Observed values are never overwritten by proxies or calculated series.
European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin petrol and diesel prices, and the FAO Food Price Index provide high-frequency context, not forecasts of the next CPI release. European Commission fuel prices include taxes and are reported for Ireland using a national retail average supplied by one oil company; they are distinct from the CSO Transport CPI.
Wage growth is a calculated year-on-year change from DEA05 weekly earnings (method wage.yoy.v1). Modified Domestic Demand is quarterly (NAQ05) and is not interpolated to months.
Definitions and sources: Methodology · Headline CPI.
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