Food prices are now one of the main drivers of overall inflation. Inflation in Ireland has climbed to more than 3 per cent again, driven by higher energy and food prices. Food prices were estimated to be unchanged in the month but are up 4.2 per cent over the past 12 months, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said. Retail analysts Worldpanel by Numerator estimates food inflation here is now running at more than 6 per cent. The Irish HICP figure will feed into wider inflation numbers for the euro zone as a whole due out on Tuesday.
