On July 1, the CSO issued an unscheduled set of inflation statistics showing that the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP – the EU’s favourite barometer of inflation) had risen by 9.6pc in Ireland during the 12 months to the end of June.
The issue of raising the pay of top level public sector workers, and whether or not we can afford it, has occupied a considerable amount of column inches recently.
Martin Shanahan, the outgoing chief executive of foreign direct investment agency IDA, has said the agency’s FDI pipeline remains strong, despite warnings that investment may fall globally.
