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FILE PHOTO: General view of the city centre skyline showing residential and commercial buildings in Dublin, Ireland, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Ireland's annual inflation rate climbed to 3.2% in December from 2.5% in November, a flash estimate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) showed on Thursday.
The core HICP rate, excluding energy and unprocessed food, was estimated at 4.3% in the year to December, up from growth of 3.9% in the year to November. (Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Alex Richardson)