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Car sales push Irish retail sales sharply higher again

2023-05-29 10:41
DUBLIN Annual Irish retail sales volumes rose sharply again last month due to another surge in car sales,
Car sales push Irish retail sales sharply higher again

DUBLIN Annual Irish retail sales volumes rose sharply again last month due to another surge in car sales, jumping 7.5% year-on-year, Central Statistics Office data showed on Monday.

When a 23.5% year-on-year increase in motor trades was excluded, retail sales rose by 0.5% month-on-month compared with a headline monthly increase of 2.8% and were 0.4% lower than April 2022.

(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Alison Williams)