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Inflation slowed in Ireland for the fourth consecutive month in April, official data showed on Thursday.
According to the Central Statistics Office, the consumer price index rose by 7.2% in April from a year before, easing from an annual increase of 7.7% in March.
This is the 19th straight month when the annual increase in CPI has been at least 5.0%. However, it marked a cooling from last year, when inflation peaked at 9.2% in October.
By economic sector, the most significant prices increases were in housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels, up 21%, and food & non-alcoholic beverages, up 13%. Education and transport were the only divisions to show a decrease when compared with last April, down 6.3% and 2.3% respectively.
Consumer prices rose by 0.5% in April from March.
On a harmonised basis - which allows for EU wide comparison - annual inflation cooled to 6.3% in April from 7.0% in March. Harmonised consumer prices fell 0.3% in April from the month before, compared to a 0.9% monthly fall in March.
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