The Irish Petrol and Retail Association has today said that the price of fuel is not going to come down anytime soon.

Well done to the IFA for its work in highlighting the additional upfront costs for farmers of more than €80m per year, if the Government were to take the easy option of equalising excise treatment of agricultural diesel and road diesel, in the battle against fuel laundering criminals.

Struggling retailers are increasingly being drawn into the illegal fuel trade as laundering operations escalate in the Border counties, it has been warned.