Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Ireland, September 2026, across 78 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+3.8%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

+0.8%

over a year

Energy

+15.3%

over a year

Services

+4.0%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+0.9%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Ireland
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Liquid fuels	+58.6%	0.9%
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+17.7%	3.8%
Passenger transport by air	+13.7%	0.7%
Tertiary education	+10.7%	1.4%
Maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment	+9.1%	0.7%
Insurance connected with health	+8.7%	0.6%
Glassware, tableware and household utensils	+8.5%	0.2%
Electricity	+8.1%	3.2%
Refuse collection	+8.0%	0.3%
Tobacco	+7.1%	1.4%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Ireland
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Oils and fats	−5.3%	0.3%
Insurance connected with transport	−4.7%	0.2%
Household textiles	−4.6%	0.4%
Mobile telephone equipment	−4.3%	0.3%
Water	−3.0%	0.2%
Other non-alcoholic beverages	−3.0%	0.2%
Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision	−2.3%	0.2%
Sporting, camping and open-air recreation equipment	−2.3%	0.1%
Non-durable household goods	−1.6%	1.2%
Spirits and liquors	−1.3%	0.5%

Source: Eurostat HICP, annual rate of change by ECOICOP class (prc_hicp_minr) and item weights for 2026 (prc_hicp_iw). Weight = share of the average household's spending. Categories under 0.1% of spending are left out so that tiny items with volatile prices do not crowd the lists. Red: prices up; blue: prices down.