Time for grocery prices to fall

Madam, – Last week’s inflation figures show that there has been a very small reduction in price of groceries in past 12 months…

Madam, – Last week’s inflation figures show that there has been a very small reduction in price of groceries in past 12 months.

This makes no sense based on a 20 per cent appreciation of the euro against sterling and the fact that a huge percentage of our groceries originate in the UK.

There is now a responsibility on Government to force retailers to pass these savings on to consumers. It’s time for radical thinking – the old ways just don’t work. – Yours, etc,

EAMONN BYRNE, Oaktree Avenue, Castleknock, Dublin 15.