Irish inflation rose to 1.8% in August, flash estimate shows

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Irish consumer prices rose 1.8% year-on-year in August from 1.6% a month earlier, the highest rate since April, a flash estimate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices showed on Monday.

Core Irish HICP, which excludes energy and unprocessed food, increased to 1.9%, from 1.7% in July.

(Writing by Conor Humphries, editing by Padraic Halpin)

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