Irish shoppers paying more for Irish goods than in UK via IrishTimesBiz
Shoppers in Ireland are paying significantly more for home-produced goods than customers in British supermarkets for those same products. Photograph: iStockShoppers in Ireland are paying significantly more for home-produced goods, such as Clonakilty sausages, Irish Yoghurts and baby rash barrier cream Sudocrem, than customers in British supermarkets, according to the Sunday Times.
The news comes as IDA Ireland’s departing chief executive tells the Post that the current moratorium on building new data centres in the greater Dublin region is weakening Ireland’s position as a European tech hub.The budget watchdog, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has warned that the price of keeping the State pension age at 66 might be an additional €2,150 tax and PRSI bill every year for workers on a “typical” salary of €35,000.
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