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CONSUMER PRICES HAVE dropped for a second consecutive month and were 0.5% lower in May than they were in same month last year.
This means a basket of goods and services that cost €1,000 in May 2019 would have cost €995.11 in May 2020.
According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) consumer price index for May, the most notable changes in the year were decreases in:
There were increases in education (+4.1%), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (+3.5%), health (+2.8%) and miscellaneous goods and services (+2.1%).
The most significant monthly price changes were decreases in transport and clothing and footwear.
The CSO said housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels fell mainly due to a reduction in the price of home heating oil, electricity and gas. This reduction was partially offset by higher mortgage interest repayments and rents.
Transport decreased primarily due to lower prices for petrol and diesel. Clothing and footwear fell due to sales.
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The week before Christmas I had DHL deliver an electric guitar as a Santa present. I missed the delivery but noticed a missed call. I rang the driver who promptly turned around and came back to my house. He guessed that the gift was a surprise and as it was in an obviously guitar shaped box he went to great lengths to help me sneak it into my home.
During his busiest week of the year he showed amazing customer service.
I contacted DHL directly to tell his managers and a week later the guy sent me a lovely text thanking me for making the effort.
And I don’t now, nor never have, work for DHL or its subsidiaries. As they say on TV
D.amaged,H.idden,L.ost thats my experience with them fools.
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Stick in a cv, Steve.
Craving a curry for Breakfast now, thanks Journal
Mmm…pandas.
Panda Curry?
Is there a product placement warning, like at the start of Fair City (hashtag Me Da’s Christy’s shop)
In Ireland, plane loads of “Poles”arrive every week and nothing about it
When will low cost usable postcodes be delivered. Apparently Eircodes are delayed until 2016….Eircode the gift that never gives.
Unlike other state initiatives that keep on and on giving. Not mentioning and names of course.
I enquired about delivering a suitcase from Dublin to Croatia and it was going to cost €600. Crazy money. I couldn’t believe it.
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