DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish consumer prices fell sharply in January, with the rate of CPI contraction doubling to 0.8 percent month-on-month, official figures showed on Thursday.
Annual CPI inflation was -0.6 percent, after -0.3 percent the previous month, the Central Statistics Office said.
The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), which strips out mortgages, was down 0.7 percent compared to December, and down 0.4 percent from a year earlier.