Wholesale prices in Ireland rose 1.4% year-on-year in April 2026, rebounding from a 0.2% decline in the previous month and marking the first increase after fourteen straight months of contraction. Prices rose across several categories, led by chemicals and chemical products (11.9%), fabricated metal products excluding machinery and equipment (5.0%), pulp, paper and paper products (4.1%), other non-metallic mineral products (3.6%), and printing and reproduction of recorded media (2.7%). Food products also rose 1%, driven mainly by higher prices for fish and fish products (8.6%). Moreover, costs for all energy fuels surged 42.3%, and electricity climbed 18%, while manufacturing increased 1.4% and construction products rose 2%. On a monthly basis, wholesale prices edged up 0.2% in April, easing from a 3.1% increase in the previous month.