The mood of Irish consumers darkened in January due to the spike in Covid cases and the new lockdown imposed on the country.
The consumer sentiment index produced by KBC Bank recorded a bigger fall in the first month of the year than in the US, UK and the rest of the European Union.
Results from the survey suggest the pre-Christmas Brexit deal may have given a limited boost to consumers in January.
Instead, the explosive trajectory of the virus has dominated the mood of consumers.
The KBC Bank Irish consumer sentiment index dropped to 64.9 in January, from 74.6 in December.
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