# Car sales push Irish retail sales sharply higher again
Published: 2023-05-29
Category: Headlines
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Meta Title: Irish retail sales surge fueled by car sales spike
Meta Description: Discover how annual Irish retail sales volumes skyrocketed thanks to a surge in car sales, with a 7.5% increase reported. Read more here!
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – 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)


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