Analysis of basket of goods used to calculate inflation found fry-up becoming more expensive
The cost of cooking an Irish fry-up might be hard to swallow this bank holiday weekend, with new data showing the published statistics on the cost of a family-sized fry-up using the prices of some of the items it collects as part of the Consumer Price Index basket, which measures inflation in Ireland.
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That means for those who eat their traditional Irish breakfast with bread, butter, tea and milk, the cost was €38.79 for a family-sized feast in January 2024, which was up by 2.3 per cent over the 12 months.