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BreakingNews.ie
22-05-2025
- Business
- BreakingNews.ie
Electricity prices rise by over 25% in last year -CSO
Figures from the Central Statistics Office show wholesale electricity prices have risen by 25.6 per cent in the last year. Prices dropped 15.7 per cent compared to April's levels, and current prices are 71.3 per cent lower than the peak in August 2022. Advertisement Producer prices for food products increased by 5.1 per cent in the 12 months to April 2025, while the Food Products, Beverages & Tobacco Index was up by four per cent. Notable increases were seen in dairy products, which increased by 22 per cent, meat products increased by 7.3 per cent, while there was a 17.4 per cent increase in chemical products. Other increases included a 3.1 per cent increase in machinery and equipment, a 3.3 per cent increase in beverages and 3.1 per cent increase in plastic products. Wholesale prices for construction products grew by 0.2 per cent in the month to April 2025 and rose by one per cent in the 12 months since April 2024.
Reuters
19-05-2025
- Health
- Reuters
Brazil can no longer export poultry and meat to EU due to bird flu
BRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) - Brazil is no longer allowed to export poultry and meat products to the European Union due to the outbreak of bird flu, the European Commission said on Monday. "EU import conditions require that the country of export (Brazil) is free of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza," a European Commission spokesperson said in an email. "Brazilian authorities can no longer sign such animal health certificates for export into the EU and such certificates cannot be issued. No poultry/meat products can be exported to the EU from any part of the Brazilian territory."
