Diesel firms acting like cartel to rip us off, says Gilmore

LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore has suggested oil companies may be acting as a cartel to hike up the price of diesel and “rip off” motorists.

Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, he raised two instances where he believed consumers were being charged “inexplicable” prices.

The first instance involved goods in Irish branches of British retail outlets. Citing a recent newspaper survey, Mr Gilmore said the prices in the Irish branches were up to 50% higher than in the retailers in Britain, despite the euro’s strengthen against sterling.