Government has consumers over a barrel, FG claims

Dan Buckley

At any rate, they should have stayed at home to watch Eddie Hobbs's Rip-off Republic on RTÉ last night or got on their bike, because driving to Bertie's office could cost them more than they bargained for.

The price of a litre of unleaded petrol at the Texaco filling station in Drumcondra is now a hefty 1.243 a litre, one of the highest prices for petrol nationwide.