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Peter Burke: If you look at the price of marked gas oil/green diesel, it was retailing about net 94 cents a litre - it’s up at €1.24…

On the recordAugust 25, 2026
If you look at the price of marked gas oil/green diesel, it was retailing about net 94 cents a litre - it’s up at €1.24 now, and that’s about a 30% of an increase on net effect - which is pretty significant for the agri-economy, and indeed in the wider economy - when you look at the work that we’ve brought forward, over a billion euro now in reductions.
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Peter Burke
Fine Gael
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rte.ie

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Discussing fuel price increases and economic impact.

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