Ireland’s consumer prices rose 3.7% year on year in August, with housing costs up 8.5%
The Receipt · Friday, 11 September 2026
Why it matters
This provides a current measure of purchasing-power pressure in Ireland, with housing and household energy costs rising more than twice as fast as overall consumer prices. The 8.9% increase in education services also identifies a substantial cost increase outside housing, while the annual figures show a broad-based rise rather than a single-category move.
What happened
Ireland’s Consumer Price Index rose 3.7% in the year to August 2026, up from 3.4% in July, while prices excluding energy and unprocessed food increased 2.9%. Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels rose 8.5%, driven by higher home-heating oil, electricity, rents and mortgage-interest repayments; education services rose 8.9%, reflecting higher third-level education costs introduced from October 2025. Prices also rose 0.7% in August alone, and every one of the 13 CPI divisions was higher than a year earlier for the second consecutive month.
Previously
Jul 2026 — Ireland’s consumer prices had risen 3.4% in the 12 months to July 2026.(Central Statistics Office)
Players & places
- Ireland
- Central Statistics Office