Reports of price gouging at petrol stations 'completely unacceptable', says Taoiseach 

The Government announced a cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel on Wednesday morning. File Picture: PA

Amid stinging criticism from a number of his own TDs of petrol stations “price gouging”, Taoiseach Micheál Martin told a private meeting of his party such examples of price-fixing are “completely unacceptable”.

“Any exploitation of a barbaric war such as this is morally reprehensible. Such profiteering is completely unacceptable on fuel prices. It is a barbaric act of cruelty on a civil population,” he said.