Mayo man pleads guilty to oil price-fixing

The director of a Galway-based oil firm has admitted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to his and the company’s involvement in a west of Ireland oil price fixing scam.

Eugene Dalton Snr, of Kilbeg, Claremorris, Co Mayo, a director of Corrib Oil Company Ltd pleaded guilty on his own and the company’s behalf to breaching section 3 of the competition act to fixing the price of kerosene in Galway on dates between January 1, 2001 and February 11, 2002.