Fashion pulse: Ireland - March 2026

Consumer prices (March)

Clothing and footwear prices in Ireland rose 9.0 percent year-on-year in March, according to Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO), while overall inflation stood at 3.6 percent. Fashion prices were the single largest contributor to Irish inflation in the twelve months to March, ahead of Education Services at plus 8.9 percent and Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels at plus 7.2 percent. CSO attributed the clothing and footwear increase to higher costs for garments, shoes and other footwear. With Irish fashion inflation running at nearly triple the headline rate, Ireland now has one of the steepest fashion-price gradients of any Eurozone market — a striking reversal from the mild deflation that characterised Irish clothing prices through much of the 2010s.