The Budget Day package will be worth €9.4 billion and will not be accompanied by a cost of living package of measures.

The Sinn Féin leader said the Government will be throwing struggling families ‘under the bus’ in October’s budget.

Food inflation rose by 4.6% since June of last year, more than double that of the general Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Sinn Féin accused the Government of having ‘failed to exert any real pressure’ on retailers over high prices.

The typical listed price nationwide in the second quarter of the year was €357,851, 12.3 per cent higher than a year previously

Alcohol and tobacco prices in Ireland are the most expensive in the EU at 205% of the average

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown remained the most expensive local authority area in the Republic

The Royal Meath in Navan has reduced pints by 50c for three days a week on selected draught beers

Some parts of the economy are still experiencing substantial price jumps.

Food prices fell by just under 1 per cent and rose 4 per cent in the year.

The rise in the price of food and drink saw restaurant and hotel prices go up by 3.7 per cent over the year.

Visitors from key markets are becoming 'more value conscious'

Coupled with other expenses like presents, trees, and socialising, Christmas costs could reach approximately €1,724, according to Switcher.ie.

Lower rates should support growth amid signs that the post-pandemic recovery is slowing in the 20 countries that use the euro currency.

Inflation, the rate at which prices are rising, has ticked up slightly since October

Switcher.ie has said that six easy changes can slash energy bills for households.

Ged Nash accused the government of being ‘nodding dogs’ for big companies and criticised one-off budgetary measures.

Prices rises have slowed to their lowest level since March 2021

Clothing and footwear saw the biggest annual drop of 6.2 per cent, followed by Restaurants and Hotels, with a drop of 0.5 per cent.

There has been an increase in the number of children being deprived of basic essentials because of inflation, a report has said.

‘The period of elevated inflation now appears to have passed,’ Finance Minister Jack Chambers said of the inflation figure of 1.1%.

This compares to an annual increase of 2.6 per cent for the eurozone over the same period.

Energy prices are estimated to have decreased by 5.8% over the 12 months to July.

The highest house price growth in Dublin was in Dublin City at 10.6 per cent, while Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown saw a rise of 7.7 per cent.

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The biggest prices increases in the year to May were in the transport and hotel & restaurant sectors

Prices are estimated to have risen by 2.9 per cent in the 12 months to March this year

The Minister for Public Expenditure announced plans on Wednesday to spend more than two billion euro for projects under the National Development Plan.

The cost of petrol and diesel will rise from midnight on April 1st

The latest data from the Central Bank shows the average interest rate in January was up slightly on December's rate of 4.19 per cent

The AIB S&P Global manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for Ireland rose to 52.2 last month from 49.5 in January

Energy prices fell by 6.3 per cent in the year to February

It is only the third time since September 2021 that inflation has been below 5 per cent

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions published its private sector pay bargaining guidance for 2024 on Monday

The CSO is to ask 6,000 households to document their spending for two weeks in 2024

Grocery inflation was measured at 7.1 percent in the three months to Christmas, according to Kantar.

SVP president Rose McGowan said more people in work who need help are coming to them

Consumer prices fell by 0.8 per cent in the month to November

Grocery sales are expected to surpass €1.4 billion for their first time ever this month

But the tradeoff is stalled economic growth.

Gabriel Makhlouf also said that financial literacy should be taught to students in school

The protest is being organised ahead of the budget for next year being unveiled on Tuesday.