Is there STILL an oil cartel in Galway?

doubleglaze

The following is a long and rather rambling post. Please bear with me, or, at least, read the last two paragraphs of my post.

As many of you know, most of Galway's oil distributors were suspected of being part of an oil cartel about two years ago, following an investigation by the competition authority. It was said during the court proceedings at the time that the cartel resulted in losses to people like you and I of about 10%. Having done a few sums in the last day or so, I believe that figure to be about right.

I wonder whether operations by Galway oil companies are not entirely squeaky clean today either, despite many distributors being fined by the courts and found guilty of being part of a cartel. Just wondering, like.

Among the companies found guilty of membership of the "Connacht Oil Promotion Federation", i.e. the cartel were:

Corrib Oil
All Star Oil
Hi-Way Oil
Mór Oil
Cloonan Oil
Muldoon Oil
Gort Oil
Flanagan Oil
Matt Geraghty Oil

There may well be more. But that's all I've been able to get from the Galway Independent archives on Google. If someone knows anything more, please post or pm me.

For years, I have rang around all the oil companies in Galway about once a year trying to order the cheapest oil. About three years ago, I remember noticing that while prices for 500 litres of Kerosene varied from operator to operator, those for 1000 litres of Kerosene were exactly the same to the cent! Shortly after I noticed that, allegations of a cartel in Galway hit the media (I had nothing to do with that, or with the investigations of the competition authority, just in case anyone thinks I might).

After the allegations hit the media and the courtcases commenced, I noticed, when doing my usual annual ring-arounds for the cheapest price, that the situation hadn't really changed, bar one: the commencement of The Inquisitions.

By Inquisitions, I mean that my simple query for the price of 1000 litres of kerosene was frequently met by a barrage of questions before I could get a straight answer, i.e.:

What's your name?
What's your phone number?
What's your address?
Do you usually order your oil from us?


"Neanderthal", as I see him referred to on a recent thread on the matter, was the worst offender in this regard, and, on one occasion, when I was repeatedly grilled, then kept on hold, then thrice hung up on abruptly without getting a straight answer to a straight question (i.e. "What is the price of 1000 litres of kerosene?") I wondered whether the poor chap was afraid of my being a journalist (No!), someone working for or reporting to the competition authority (No!), or an enforcer/informer for the cartel (No!). My mistake had been to state from the outset that I was ringing around for prices.

(If I didn't state this from the outset, the tendency was for the oil distributors to assume (or pretend to assume) my query re prices was an order for oil and extract information before answering my query.)

Note that "Neanderthal" is working for one of the companies found guilty of being in the cartel. In his defence, he is probably just an ordinary paid worker doing what he is told.

Still, I felt something was definitely up. And I am wondering if something is still amiss.

Now yesterday, Mr and Mrs Doubleglaze figured our supplies must be getting low and decided I should take 15 minutes to ring around ALL the suppliers in Galway county and order 1000l of the cheapest kerosene. And here were my findings:

I discovered, when I rang the following distributors - Corrib Oil, Geraghty Oil, Cloonan Oil (all found guilty of cartel involvement) also Kelly Oil, Brady Oil and God knows who else- are all members of The Corrib Group. When I rang any one of those operators' phone numbers, I got through to the same person! This group was joint most expensive, at 495 euros, although, by the third of fourth time I got through to the same operator (although I was ringing a different oil distributor each time) they had dropped the price to 470 for one or two of their distributors.

Joint most expensive (again, 495 euros) was the Hi-Way Oil-Gort Oil group, also found guilty of involvement in the cartel. This latter group also includes Sweeney Oil, O Grady Oil, Mitchell Oil, East Galway Oil, Rabbitt/Sweeney Oil. Same thing with these operators, they all have their individual phone numbers, but you are put through to the same person.

The above two groups are about 10% more expensive than the cheapest oil operator in Galway, although there appears to be some minor variations in price allowed within the group...

Second most expensive were the Connell/Texoil/Connolly group (note that Connell oil were NOT found to be involved in the cartel). I rang them yesterday afternoon (Friday the 2nd) and their office was closed. An answering machine wanted me to leave my name and number so that they could get back to me. So, I went to the texoil.ie website, where they quoted 490 euro.

Third most expensive was Suttons Oil at 470, and also Mór Oil at 470 (they don't share the same telephone operator) although Suttons Oil say their price is dropping to 450 on Monday next. (Mór Oil were found guilty.)

Fourth most expensive was the Fenmac Oil/Mc Mahon Oil/Emo Oil group at 460 euro. Also at 460 were Garbally Oil, who are not part of any other group that I am aware of.

Fifth most expensive was Top Oil/Galway Oil/Oil Flow, Carraroe, at 454 euro.

Cheapest of all was Excelsior Oil, at 450 euro.

While I was ringing around the different numbers I kept getting through to two telephone operators, so the Corrib group became aware I was ringing around. They then offered to match the cheapest quote I got.

I have decided against that, however. Instead, I will support the cheapest operator, an operator who has not been found to be involved in any oil cartel, as far as I can see. So, I'm placing my order with Excelsior on Monday.

I really don't see the point of many of these apparantly different distributors having different phone numbers if the customer just keeps getting through to the same two or three phone operators. I can't help wondering, given the history of the cartel in Galway, if this is deliberately misleading, if it is a camouflage of sorts. Perhaps I am wrong to be suspicious. If so, I'm perfectly happy to be put straight. However, I'm posting this in a public forum to get the views of other people and try and establish the true number of oil distribution groups in Galway. Is it one? Is it five? Who is linked to whom? What is the extent of current price-fixing? How much real competition really exists in the oil distribution industry in Galway? Is there still a cartel operating in Galway, but one better able to hide its tracks? If there is no longer a cartel, then it's a matter of forgive and forget the past, but if there still is a cartel, I want to know about it and see what the public can do to put an end to it.

Bottom line: I believe it is in our interest to support the cheap/independent oil distributors in Galway, those who provide the best service to the Galway customer, and we are right to be wary of those companies who were found to be members of the cartel. We must be careful not to let the big expensive group operators put the small cheap independent ones out of business. The cheapest yesterday, by 10%, was Excelsior.

snubbleste

Excellent thought-process going on there doublegaze. You showed me some information that iI was not aware of.
The thing is though, those found to be in the cartel were only fined a pittance and managed to consolidate market share during the time. So there really was no deterrent for them! I do remember the media stating that the fella from Connell Oil gave evidence about approaches from the cartel.

Maybe consider making a complaint to the competition authority again?

leninbenjamin

snubbleste wrote: »

Maybe consider making a complaint to the competition authority again?

what good will that do really? last time this happened the courts admitted that residents of Galway had been overcharged by millions, yet the only convictions resulted in fines of only a few thousand.

Better to go to the TDs methinks and put pressure on them to change the penalties for this kind of thing.

ZorbaTehZ

doubleglaze wrote: »

There may well be more. But that's all I've been able to get from the Galway Independent archives on Google. If someone knows anything more, please post or pm me.

Here's a link from the competition authority, it lists all 24 I think.

Fey!

I've been using Excelsior for years, and have always found their prices and service excellent. The owner, John, is an absolute gent, as are his sons in Excelsior garage and CTC tyres on the Tuam Road (there are several posts on threads here from me recommending Excelsior group in the past).

I wasn't aware that there were such vast differences in prices. It's a pity that Excelsior no longer have petrol pumps; garages in the city could do with serious comptition.

Dave Joyce

Used to do the same myself and usually found a huge difference between the highest and lowest price, (always found Corrib Oil the most expensive). However, found Joe Mulcair from Gort (I'm in the general Kilcolgan area so he's very handy and extremely reliable) and his prices have been very reasonable and when I ring his number I always get through to him, (the home number automatically transfers to his mobile).

It always pays to ring around. Without wanting to go off topic, just wanted to mention that I recently priced coal bunkers and there was €70 difference between the dearest and cheapest......as usual robbing bunch of bastards!!:mad:

Andrea B.

Without wanting to go off topic, just wanted to mention that I recently priced coal bunkers and there was €70 difference between the dearest and cheapest......as usual robbing bunch of bastards!!

Curious. But would you prefer if prices were same;) ?

mallabuoy

Hi
Just ordered 1000l from corrib @450 (the last 10 after mentioned "hearing from a friend" that that was the going rate.
So - Thanks for the heads up

IMO - it always pays to shop around.

GerardKeating

Dave Joyce wrote: »

Used to do the same myself and usually found a huge difference between the highest and lowest price, (always found Corrib Oil the most expensive).

Last time I found Corrib cheaper than Sweeney's...

Dave Joyce wrote: »

.. I recently priced coal bunkers and there was €70 difference between the dearest and cheapest......as usual robbing bunch of bastards!!:mad:

But is that not a good thing, that prices are different, if they were all the same price, it could indicate some level of price fixing..???

cornbb

It wouldn't surprise me at all if price fixing was still happening. I also wouldn't be surprised if many petrol stations in Galway were doing the same thing. I once worked in a petrol station on the Dublin Rd. in Limerick, out of about 6 garages on a 4-5 mile stretch of road, the prices were almost always identical in nearly all of them and one of my colleagues swore blind he overheard the garage owner discussing prices with another owner over the phone.

Unfortunately it seems like this is just the way business is conducted in Ireland and it doesn't look like it will cease anytime soon.

doubleglaze

A few months ago, I said to the owner of a petrol station in Galway that it was my belief there was a cartel in the oil/petrol business in Galway. Instead of denying it, he laughed and said: "Ah sure, there isn't much profit to be made from this business".:mad:

GerardKeating

doubleglaze wrote: »

A few months ago, I said to the owner of a petrol station in Galway that it was my belief there was a cartel in the oil/petrol business in Galway. Instead of denying it, he laughed and said: "Ah sure, there isn't much profit to be made from this business".:mad:

If all the station sell to customers are there wholesale rate, then most stations would be the same price...

doubleglaze

Mallabuoy, while I'm delighted you did so well, however, I personally wouldn't order anything from any of the groups which have, in their midst, those convicted of involvement in the cartel.

Below are some of the Galway home-heating oil groupings which have had convictions. Although Galway oil companies all have their own individual phone numbers, each group has its own phone operator and when I rang the individual phone numbers I was usually put through to one of those group phone operators:

The Corrib Oil Group: this includes, Corrib Oil, Brad Oil, Kelly Oil, Geraghty Oil, Midland Oil, Cloonan Oil, and perhaps others.

The Hi-Way Oil Group: this includes Hi-Way Oil, Sweeney Oil, O Grady Oil, Mitchell Oil, East Galway Oil, Gort Oil, Rabbitt/Sweeney Oil.

Fenmac/McMahon Oil Group: This includes Fenmac and Mc Mahon.

Note also that Mór Oil was found guilty of cartel involvement, but has its own phone operator. So just because a company answers its own phone doesn't mean there aren't "associations"...

We need to support the cheap, individual, honest operators, and not support the cartel. Otherwise, in a few years, the cartel will have put all the competition out of business and we will end up paying dearly for it in the longterm.

Let's keep this thread alive if we want lower fuel prices in Galway.

JohnCleary

Thanks for the post, need to order a wallop of green diesel soon while prices are low so this is good info. While most of the time I buy my green diesel in bulk, sometimes I only need 20/30litres. Does anyone know where there are GREEN diesel pumps in Galway (city'ish) apart from Corrib Oil on the Tuam Road? The pump is filthy and so is the ground surrounding it - I don't mind the pump/nozzle being dirty as I use gloves, but my shoes get filthy meaning the car gets filthy when I sit back in

minxie

JohnCleary wrote: »

Thanks for the post, need to order a wallop of green diesel soon while prices are low so this is good info. While most of the time I buy my green diesel in bulk, sometimes I only need 20/30litres. Does anyone know where there are GREEN diesel pumps in Galway (city'ish) apart from Corrib Oil on the Tuam Road? The pump is filthy and so is the ground surrounding it - I don't mind the pump/nozzle being dirty as I use gloves, but my shoes get filthy meaning the car gets filthy when I sit back in

grealishs in carnmore cross

GerardKeating

minxie1 wrote: »

grealishs in carnmore cross

New Texaco in the Docks, i think.

deargas

just to let anyone who's looking for kerosene in Galway City,

A quick round up for 800 litres of Kerosene today
texoil in carnmore = 355
kelly oil = 370
corrib oil = 370
excelsior = 376
sweeney oil = 380

Fey!

I've already put this on the other thread, but am sticking it here, too, in case it's of any use to anyone.

I got about 390 litres from Excelsior (751014) last week for €200 (€0.51/litre). Didn't realise that they did incremental pricing, meaning that 1000 litres is €450 (€0.45/litre). So I have another 600 litres coming this week for €270 (€0.45/litre); not having checked things out properly has cost me €23.40!

I've been using Excelsior for about 10 years at this stage, but never copped that I should be buying in bulk (I don't even know the capacity of my tank!). Their service is excellent, down to the drver restarting the heating for me last week (I had run out of oil, and I have a tricky boiler with 20 metres between the tank and the boiler). They work a priority syste; if you're out/nearly out, you go on the top of the list (I have gotten calls from them in the past when I had orders in asking whether or not I could hold off on my delivery so that hey could bump in someone who had run out).

Das Kitty

deargas wrote: »

just to let anyone who's looking for kerosene in Galway City,

A quick round up for 800 litres of Kerosene today
texoil in carnmore = 355
kelly oil = 370
corrib oil = 370
excelsior = 376
sweeney oil = 380

Thanks I should have looked here before I posted on the other thread.

minxie

just rang Excelsior oil there to order some oil,
man said he couldnt guarantee me any oil this week
as stock is so low... now for ya rang corrib oil €270 for 500 litres

ChaladhMor

minxie1 wrote: »

just rang Excelsior oil there to order some oil,
man said he couldnt guarantee me any oil this week
as stock is so low... now for ya rang corrib oil €270 for 500 litres

I've just come across this thread which is great for reference info so thanks a million. Just for interest I called Sweeney Oil yesteraday and got 500 litres for €250. They told me that prices are going to go up last night by 2-3 cents per litre.

island

I've been using Corrib Oil for the past 2 years and they provide an excellent service. I have used Excelsior before but they let me down they were a day late delivering so my range quenched and I had awful trouble getting it re-lit. Corrib Oil have never let me down. Recently I priced around different companies in Galway and Corrib Oil were the cheapest Excelsior wasn't far behind them but I wouldn't go back to them again.

I also visit many of the Corrib Oil Petrol Stations regulary. They have a new loyalty programme I have got loads of free cups of coffee from them and i collect points for everything I buy. They have also told me they will be giving loads of special offers through their loyalty programme when you buy your home heating oil from them.

I heard about Galway oil companies getting caught by the competition authority too. I think the competition Authority needs to catch others now like Doctors, Pharmacys, Pubs ect its not just the oil industry who formed a cartel they were just the poor unfortunates to get caught!

fergiesfolly

Hey Island. how long you been workin' for Corrib

Sniipe

island, thats a lovely post... what else do you offer?

cornbb

island wrote: »

its not just the oil industry who formed a cartel they were just the poor unfortunates to get caught!

Yes, the poor lambs. We should have a collection for them on Shop St.

sgthighway

I hate Keith Finnegan but he tore strips off this Petrol Station owner in this interview <clicky>

Sponge Bob

Corrib are behaving ( slightly) and only by their usual standards

1000l Kero

Corrib €460
Mór €480
Sweeney €465

Went with Claddagh (€445) instead because they quoted €460 from the start and because Corrib refused to better €450 .

Its not often that Corrib are the cheapest on round one calls .

BTW Mór are very pleasant to talk to nowadays ....unlike the old days when they had a policy of never giving a quote and NEVER EVER ringing back like they said they would . Too expensive though .

The competitive Texaco down the docks is a signed up member of the cartel charging same as all the rest , that lasted about 4 weeks that did

I will not be buying oil till the autumn now, over and out till then .

snubbleste

island wrote: »

......

Shop around folks.

serfboard

Ordered some oil from O'Grady Oil in Belclare before Christmas. They were always competitive and prompt. Found out when the delivery man came that they, and Hi-Way oil had been taken over by Sweeney Oil.

According to the Sweeney Oil website:

Sweeney Oil operates primarily in Connacht, Donegal and the Midlands and has a network of almost 20 service stations, 17 oil distribution depots, operates a fleet of 60 trucks

and

Sweeney Oil has an annual turnover in excess of €210 million and Esso Ireland Ltd has an annual turnover of €850 million.

It's no wonder that there is less competition

oilman

minxie wrote: »

grealishs in carnmore cross

did you try claddagh oil ... they are new and aggressive and give a same day delivert service... i bought my oil off them 30 euro cheaper than corrib

Euro_Kraut

island wrote: »

I've been using Corrib Oil for the past 2 years and they provide an excellent service. I have used Excelsior before but they let me down they were a day late delivering so my range quenched and I had awful trouble getting it re-lit. Corrib Oil have never let me down. Recently I priced around different companies in Galway and Corrib Oil were the cheapest Excelsior wasn't far behind them but I wouldn't go back to them again.

I also visit many of the Corrib Oil Petrol Stations regulary. They have a new loyalty programme I have got loads of free cups of coffee from them and i collect points for everything I buy. They have also told me they will be giving loads of special offers through their loyalty programme when you buy your home heating oil from them.

I heard about Galway oil companies getting caught by the competition authority too. I think the competition Authority needs to catch others now like Doctors, Pharmacys, Pubs ect its not just the oil industry who formed a cartel they were just the poor unfortunates to get caught!

This is an excellent post from an unbiased source. We should probably close the thread now as everything is ok...

KevR

sgthighway wrote: »

I hate Keith Finnegan but he tore strips off this Petrol Station owner in this interview <clicky>

Funny stuff. You'd almost feel embarrassed for the petrol station owner!

_Whimsical_

I rang around looking for oil today and there was a price diffrence of €40 between the most expensive and the cheapest!
Eventually got 450L from Sutton Oil for €220.The average cost was €245.

Word is that OPEC intends to cut supply in March and that oil prices are expected to rise to around $75 a barrel over the next few months.

Roy Rogers

Somewhat off-topic, sorry -- I'm looking to order more oil today. Never having lived in a house that uses OFCH before, I've no idea whether it's kerosene or green diesel we should be looking for. The boiler says 'when reordering ask for MGO' -- does anyone know which this is?

JohnCleary

Roy Rogers wrote: »

Somewhat off-topic, sorry -- I'm looking to order more oil today. Never having lived in a house that uses OFCH before, I've no idea whether it's kerosene or green diesel we should be looking for. The boiler says 'when reordering ask for MGO' -- does anyone know which this is?

Marked Gas Oil is green diesel

Robbo

Roy Rogers wrote: »

Somewhat off-topic, sorry -- I'm looking to order more oil today. Never having lived in a house that uses OFCH before, I've no idea whether it's kerosene or green diesel we should be looking for. The boiler says 'when reordering ask for MGO' -- does anyone know which this is?

I may be wrong here but MGO is Marked Gas Oil and I usually see it on green diesel pumps.

Roy Rogers

Great, thanks.

Back to the topic now, getting quotes from some of the suppliers mentioned above...

doubleglaze

Just an update. Last time round, Excelsior, who were the cheapest oil company in town and who were meant to deliver 1000 litres worth of Kerosene to me (almost exactly 3 months ago), seemed to have a sudden and unexpected shortage of supplies and could only deliver 500 litres after all. As a result, we ran out of oil yesterday.

I've just been ringing around again for prices of 100 litres. Here they are:

McMahon Oil = 460

Corrib Oil/Kelly Oil/Suttons Oil/Hi-Way Oil/Gort Oil/Sweeney Oil/East Galway Oil/Rabbitt Oil = 450

Cloonan Oil/Galway Oil/Connell Oil/Texoil/ Connolly Oil/Mór Oil=440

Excelsior - 435

Oil Flow Carraroe = 430


I ordered from Oil Flow Carraroe as they were clearly the cheapest. (They deliver to Galway City). They said they'd deliver within the next 2 hours or so, so a quick delivery time.

Saved myself 30 euros for 15 minutes work.

If anyone is reading this and considering buying oil today, please get it from Oil Flow Carraroe, even if Corrib Oil and their likes (who were found guilty of being in the cartel) offer to match it (which they probably will if you ask. You don't get to the top of the food-chain without shrewdly stamping out a few crithers below you in the food-chain).

ONLY SUPPORT OIL COMPANIES WHO GIVE THE MOST COMPETITIVE QUOTE FIRST TIME ROUND AND WHO SEEM INDEPENDENT OF CARTEL INVOLVEMENT!

Oil company of the day is therefore Oil Flow Carraroe. 091-572324

OK, I'm probably being completely unfair and totally paranoid here, but I can't help wondering whether Oil Flow Carraroe's supplies suddenly and unexpectedly run out very quickly following this post...

I got The Inquisition (see the first post in this thread)from the following companies:
Connell Oil
Connolly Oil
Texoil
Excelsior

MaxFlower

island wrote: »

I've been working for Corrib Oil for the past 2 years and we provide an excellent service. I have snooped on Excelsior before but I heard from a neighbour they let him down - they were a day late delivering so his range quenched and he had awful trouble getting it re-lit. Corrib Oil have never let me (as an employee) down. Recently as part of a 'check on the competition' exercise I priced around different companies in Galway and we were the cheapest Excelsior wasn't far behind them but I wouldn't go back to them again as I can get 15% staff discount with Corrib.

I also visit many of the Corrib Oil Petrol Stations regulary. As part of our marketing strategy we have a new loyalty programme I have got loads of free cups of coffee from them (the boss buys a jar of Maxwell House every Monday) and i collect points for everything others buy when they forget to take their coupons with them. We will be giving loads of special offers through our loyalty programme when you buy your home heating oil from them (keep an eye on the local press for details).

We got rightly fcuked when we were caught by the competition authority too. I think the competition Authority needs to catch others now like Doctors, Pharmacys, Pubs ect its not just us who formed a cartel we were just the poor unfortunates to get caught and by Jebus are we bitter

FYP

doubleglaze

:D

Thanks for the laugh, MaxFlower:D

P.S. Just got my oil delivery.

Lots of people ordering before the budget, just in case, I'm told.

Unrealistic

ZorbaTehZ wrote: »

Here's a link from the competition authority, it lists all 24 I think.

The Competition Authority link is outdated but the info is still available on another page. http://www.tca.ie/EN/Enforcing-Competition-Law/Criminal-Court-Cases/Home-Heating-Oil.aspx
Worth posting I think as this thread is being referenced in a related thread now. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=74549411&postcount=426

doubleglaze

Unrealistic wrote: »

The Competition Authority link is outdated but the info is still available on another page. http://www.tca.ie/EN/Enforcing-Competition-Law/Criminal-Court-Cases/Home-Heating-Oil.aspx

Here is a quote from the above-cited webpage:

The case stands adjourned. No date has as yet been set.

Defendant Charges upon which convicted Sentencing Date Sentence
Michael Flanagan 2 Counts of entering into an agreement to fix the prices of Home heating oil and Kerosene 02/03/2006 €3,500 fine
JP Lambe 2 Counts of entering into an agreement to fix the price on home heating oil and kerosene. 06/03/2006 6 Months suspended sentence and €15,000 fine.
Kevin Hester Nolle Prosequi 09/03/2006 n/a
Alan Kearney Nolle Prosequi 09/03/2006 n/a
Declan Geraghty Nolle Prosequi 09/03/2006 n/a
Con Muldoon Fine for First count (gas oil)

Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene)
10/03/2006 €1,000 fine
Muldoon Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 10/03/2006 €3,500 fine
All Star Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 10/03/2006 €7,500 fine
Mor Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 10/03/2006 €7,500 fine
Matt Geraghty Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 10/03/2006 €7,500 fine
Sean Hester Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 10/03/2006 €7,500 fine
Hi-Way Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 10/03/2006 €7,500 fine
Kevin Cunniffe Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 10/03/2006 €1,500 fine
Fenmac Oil & Transport Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 21/03/2006 €7,500 fine
Michael McMahon Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 21/03/2006 €1,500 fine
James Kearney Nolle Prosequi 25/04/2006 n/a
Gort Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 25/04/2006 €7500 fine
Cloonan Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 18/05/2006 €12,000 fine
Ruby Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 18/05/2006 €10,000 fine
Corrib Oil Fine for First count (gas oil)

Nolle Prosequi on Secound Count (Kerosene) 23/01/2007 €15,000 fine
Tom Connolly Nolle Prosequi 23/01/2007 n/a
Eugene Dalton Senior Fine for First count (gas oil)



Nolle Prosequi on Second Count (Kerosene) 23/01/2007 €10,000 fine
Sweeney Rabbitte Oil Nolle Prosequi 09/05/2007 n/a

Al0502

Had to get oil last week.
Everyone I called was €820 for 1,000 litres.
Is this a Co-incidence?