Consumer price inflation in Ireland was unchanged in July, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday.

The consumer price index was up 2.2% in July from a year before, the same annual pace as in June.

The most significant rates of inflation were in transport at 5.5%, followed by restaurants & hotels at 4.3%. The increase in transport prices was caused by increases in prices for diesel, up 12%, and petrol, up 8.8%.

Clothing & footwear meanwhile saw a 4.9% on-year price decline.

On a monthly basis, consumer price index inflation decelerated to 0.2% in July from 0.4% in June.

On a harmonised level, allowing for EU-wide comparison, Ireland’s consumer price inflation remained at 1.5% on-year in July.

On a monthly basis, harmonised CPI slowed to 0.2% in July from 0.3% in June.

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