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Petrol falls to 99.9c a
litre
03.12.08
PETROL prices in
Inishowen have finally fallen below the €1 mark in
line with the national trend.
Prices stood at 99.9c a litre for unleaded petrol
and diesel yesterday in Fahan and Buncrana. However,
prices in other parts of the peninsula were still
hovering around the 1.01c to 1.04c a litre mark at
teatime.
Bradley's Topaz service station in Fahan was doing
brisk business all day yesterday as passing
motorists noticed the price drop.
James Bradley sounded a note of caution, however,
and said he wasn't sure how long the under - €1 a
litre price would last - particularly in relation to
diesel. |
One customer said she
had noticed the price drop back to 99.9c in
Letterkenny last week resulting in long queues as
cash-strapped drivers filled up their vehicles.
At their height this summer, the price of unleaded
petrol reached over 1.33c a litre while diesel hit
more than 1.40c a litre.
The 99.9c a litre of unleaded was the national
average price yesterday, according to the pumps.ie
website. But service stations in Buncrana and Fahan |
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were cheaper on diesel
which stood yesterday at a national average of
103.9c a litre.
Meanwhile, Fine Gael has released statistics showing
that Irish people are still paying significantly
more for petrol and diesel than the rest of the EU.
The Opposition party says prices had still had not
gone down enough.
The party's finance spokesman Richard Bruton said
petrol is on average 24% more expensive in Ireland,
while diesel is 18% more than in the EU.
However, EU prices are calculated weekly whereas
Irish prices are tallied monthly.
The National Consumer Agency recently said: The data
the EU is receiving from the Irish authorities is
hopelessly inadequate and out of date, with the
result that weekly tracking of Irish prices versus
those in other EU countries is impossible." Fine
Gael has called for better tracking of Irish petrol
prices. |
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