The Central Statistical Office has released the Consumer Price Index for the month of June 2026.
Inflation Rate
The Inflation Rate for June 2026, which measures the percentage change in the All Items Index for the month of June 2026 over June 2025, was 0.3%. This remains unchanged from the previous period (May 2026/May 2025). The Inflation Rate for the comparative period (June 2025/June 2024) was 1.5%.
All Items Index
The All Items Index calculated from the prices collected for the month of June 2026 was 126.0, representing an increase of 0.3 points or 0.2% above the All Items Index for May 2026.
The Index for Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages increased from 154.7 in May 2026 to 156.9 in June 2026, reflecting an increase of 1.4%. Contributing significantly to this increase was the general upward movement in the prices of fresh whole chicken, chive, other chilled or frozen chicken, irish potatoes, frozen whole chicken, celery, pumpkin, cabbage, fresh carite and grapes. However, the full impact of these price increases was offset by the general decrease in the prices of cucumber, brown sugar, white hops bread, orange, mayonnaise, ketchup, ochroes, chocolate malt beverages, table margarine and macaroni.
A further review of the data for June 2026 compared with May 2026 reflected an increase in the sub-index for Clothing and Footwear of 0.1%. All other sections remained unchanged.
