Motorists urged to beware cheap fuel

Motorists should be wary of diesel and petrol bargains that appear to be good to be true, as it may be illegally laundered fuel which could damage your car.

With rising petrol and diesel prices, and two raids on illegal fuel-laundering plants already this year, Revenue have announced a crackdown on fuel-laundering.

A litre of petrol now costs an average of 161.1 cents, while the cost of a litre of diesel is now 157.7 — a rise of 7.2% since the start of the year.