Our business reporter Ian Curran and Tricia Keilthy, St Vincent de Paul’s social policy development officer, join us on this week’s episode to examine what’s driving the rise in the cost of living. What exactly is inflation, is what we're seeing now just a byproduct of the pandemic, and what is the government doing to tackle it?The Explainer is brought to you by The Journal. Providing open access to valuable journalism in Ireland has been the aim of The Journal for a decade. You can contribute to ensure we can keep questioning, investigating, debunking, explaining and informing at www.thejournal.ie/contribute/