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Food remains relatively cheap despite rise in retail prices

Higher farmgate prices mean higher retail prices, but meat and dairy remain relatively cheap in the overall household budget context.

NEWS 6 July 2025

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Grocery inflation tops 5% as prices continue to rise

Grocery inflation tops 5% as prices continue to rise

NEWS 30 June 2025

European Central Bank cuts interest rates again

European Central Bank cuts interest rates again

NEWS 5 June 2025

‘Quality food is both difficult and expensive’ - ICOS

‘Quality food is both difficult and expensive’ - ICOS

‘Quality food is both difficult and expensive’ - ICOS

NEWS 4 June 2025

High grocery inflation changing consumer behaviour

High grocery inflation changing consumer behaviour

High grocery inflation changing consumer behaviour

NEWS 3 June 2025

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Concern over future of key farm schemes

Concern over future of key farm schemes

The schemes at risk include the ANC, which alone is worth €250m/annum, ACRES, suckler and sheep schemes and on-farm investment schemes such as TAMS.

NEWS 17 April 2025

Flanagan to seek more front-loading in CAP

Flanagan to seek more front-loading in CAP

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan is leading the Left MEPs' report on the future of CAP, with a view to increasing the levels of frontloading and adjusting budgets for inflation.

NEWS 17 April 2025

Beef and dairy prices in shops have ‘levelled out’

Beef and dairy prices in shops have ‘levelled out’

That’s according to Damian O’Reilly, lecturer in retail management at TUD who also said that the tight margins for retailers mean they are not the ones making money from the higher shop prices.

NEWS 17 April 2025

UK taxpayers set to face ‘years of high tax’

UK taxpayers set to face ‘years of high tax’

Bands for calculating income tax have been frozen in the UK until April 2028.

NORTHERN IRELAND 17 April 2025

Food price index continues upward trend

Food price index continues upward trend

The FAO food price index shows sustained strong increases, particularly for meat and dairy products.

NEWS 17 April 2025

Irish grocery price inflation rises to 5%

Irish grocery price inflation rises to 5%

Prices are increasing at double the rate seen a year ago, Kantar says.

NEWS 17 April 2025

Another ECB rate cut is great news for co-ops

Another ECB rate cut is great news for co-ops

Working capital costs for co-ops coming in to peak milk months will be significantly lower than a year ago.

NEWS 17 April 2025

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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