Consumer watchdog receives 200 complaints about fuel price hikes

A tanker delivers fuel to Marina Filling Station, Cork. Prices in some areas passed €2 earlier in March. Picture: Larry Cummins

The competition authority has said there is insufficient evidence of fuel price hikes to suggest a price-fixing cartel is in place.

Some 200 complaints have been received by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) about fuel pricing in the past fortnight, but the body says price increases alone are not evidence of a cartel.