Country’s dearest petrol station closes its pumps

LIMERICK filling station manager Pete McDonagh yesterday pulled the plug on the country’s dearest petrol outlet.

Country’s dearest petrol station closes its pumps
Sat, 10 Sep, 2005 - 01:00
Jim Morahan

On Thursday, the station on the Tipperary Road, owned by Pat Keogh, was selling unleaded petrol at 137.2c a litre.

Yesterday morning after he went on the Gerry Ryan Show on RTÉ radio to explain why his petrol was dearest, Mr McDonagh closed down the pumps.

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