Government urged to 'think outside the box' to provide further fuel support

While the cuts by the State had brought prices down somewhat at forecourts across the country, where the cost of diesel had risen as high as €2.30 per litre, about 60c higher than the national average as recently as January, multiple sources from within the motoring industry have said they expect a further hike in prices. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

The Government has been urged to “think outside the box” in terms of finding solutions to the ongoing and worsening fuel crisis, with temporary measures taken to ease fuel prices "already swallowed up".

Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) president Ger Hyland said that while an end to the current Middle East situation is the most necessary action to relieve the growing crisis, the Government will need to consider extreme measures such as a potential cap on fuel prices to see the nation through the worst.