Cut to excise ‘immediately eroded’ as fuel stations accused of 'price gouging'

Fuel prices on display at a Circle K service station on Glasnevin Avenue in Dublin, following a significant cut in the excise duty on fuel (PA)

The cut to excise duty on petrol and diesel has been “immediately eroded” with fuels costs higher on Thursday than earlier in the week, the Dáil has been told.

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty said that many filling stations are charging over €2 per litre and accused some fuel stations of “engaging in price gouging at a time of crisis”.