An escalating row has pitched Ireland’s plans to introduce cigarette style cancer warning labels on alcohol bottles against EU winemakers who have now asked the World Trade Organization to intervene.
Pressure on Irish shoppers’ pockets grew in January as grocery price inflation powered higher even though global energy costs have started to level off.
There has been a spike in searches for casual and weekend work as households scramble to cope with cost-of-living increases that are running well ahead of wage growth.
