Ireland

Smokeless tobacco, e-vapour products and heated tobacco saw growth driven by closed system single use vapes in Ireland in 2023, with double-digit growth in volume and value. The growing popularity of disposable vapes is the result of their low…

Tobacco in 2023 was impacted by the Irish government’s decision to keep increasing tobacco taxes, positioning the price for a pack of 20 cigarettes and per stick as the most expensive in western Europe. Further, Ireland continues to have one of the…

Volume sales in alcoholic drinks in Ireland declined in 2023, in both on-trade and off-trade terms, while value sales are being better supported by hikes in unit prices. This is attributed a pattern of normalisation after the atypical spikes and…

Beer slumped into negative volume figures in Ireland in 2023, following the strong growth seen in 2022. This is attributed to the normalisation period following the atypical spikes and crashes in sales cause by the pandemic lockdowns followed by the…

Cider/perry slumped into a marginally negative volume performance in Ireland in 2023, following robust volume sales seen in 2022. However, cider remains fairly resilient through on-trade channels. Therefore, this fall is attributed to the…