Petrol 1.53.9 is that dear??

Prop Joe

Got petrol in my local garage this morning,Have been away for the last couple of months & couldnt believe the price.Is it dear or am i out of touch?

JonathanAnon

Not too far off what it is around here.. I was looking round the other day... Two places in Portlaoise were 1.54 and 1.52, three places in South Kildare were roughly 1.52 as well.. it's fukn crazy

Break all ties

Yes, all hell has broken lose since you left.

I am only paying 1.20 atm

Foxhole Norman

If anyone has an Android/Windows Phone 7, there is an app called Pumps.ie and shows the prices of petrol/diesel near you. There's one place in cork with Petrol at 147.9 and Diesel at 137.9

Our man in Havana

I blame the greens for all of this and their carbon tax.

Owen

People seem used to the new high prices. Not so long ago, Diesel was 99c and Petrol was 1.04 close to me.

phasers

Cheapest is 1.46 around here, another one is charging 1.54!

Wetbench4

I paid €149.9 today in limerick city.

slimjimmc

That's high, 149.9c seems average according to pumps.ie. Been 149.9c at my local independent station for 4weeks.

Top Dog

Filled up yesterday in Cork City @ 149.9c/l

Passed a station later than night (also in the city) that had diesel @ 137.9c/l and petrol @ 147.9c/l

Our own local station added 2c to the price of a litre of diesel last night/this morning - was 139.9c/l yesterday afternoon - 141.9c/l today

paulwex

Theres a place in Enniscorthy was sellin petrol for 156.9 recently:eek:

squod

It's dear OP. Avoid that garage in future.

Mr.Boots

136.7 in arklow for diesel in the orange filling station

StonedRaider

Petrol 148.9 just outside Galway city (2miles)

allthedoyles

Average retail price in May was 153.9 and thats official - see here :

http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/Motoring-advice/Petrol-Prices.aspx

Our man in Havana

The AA are often wrong with their assertions. They must go to the dearest garages going.

Nissan doctor

Its €144.9 in two stations in Ardee.

faw1tytowers

My locals are 150.9 texaco and 149.9 topaz 149.9 Texoil

David09

149.9 in my local topaz in Leighlinbridge.

It hit 155.9 in Blessington, Co. Wicklow at all three stations in the town.

I find Blessington always to be one of the dearest places to get petrol so I make sure that I don't have to fill up when passing through.

200motels

The cheapest I've seen so far in Waterford City is 148.9.

Vicxas

Cheapest in dundalk is 1.49.9 dearest is 1.55.9

W.Shakes-Beer

1.52 for petrol in most places on the northside. Bit of a joke, put €50 euro in yesterday and got just over 30 litres.

zinzan

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

If anyone has an Android/Windows Phone 7, there is an app called Pumps.ie and shows the prices of petrol/diesel near you. There's one place in cork with Petrol at 147.9 and Diesel at 137.9

That app is also available on OVI store for Nokia Symbian phones

gerrycollins

im between two towns.

cheaspest petrol 1.47.9 nenagh
cheapest diesel 1.35.9 birr

Al Capwned

First litre of petrol i bought was around 1996, costing 49.9pence (63.36c). Kinda hard to stomach paying 148.9 now!!!!!!

nocturnal31

A little enlightenment for the masses...I'm in the petrol business...and yes, it is a distress purchase for everyone. So here is who gets what out of a litre of petrol...

Excise duty (Tax) = €0.58 (includes carbon tax)
NORA (National Oil reserves Agency) = €0.02
VAT (charged also on the above taxes = double taxation) €0.26
Oil company + Refinery = €0.60
Me (Independent forecourt Operator) = €0.03 to €0.05
So the next time you fill up, remember that for every litre, you are paying 86cent in tax or look at it like this - if you buy 40 litres, you are paying over €34.00 in tax alone!! add that to your PAYE,USC, PRSI and all the other taxes you pay indirectly and then ask...what am I getting for it? And please, don't blame guys/gals like me on the forecourt for high fuel prices...we do smile and say 'Thank you'...do you get it from anyone else in the price breakdown or supply chain?

The chain of supply is : Exploration company who pull oil from the ground - the oil refinery (Conoco Philips in Whitegate) - the oil company (Topaz, texaco, Esso etc) - the forecourt (either someone like me who is independent, but branded or...the major brand owned sites like Esso, texaco, Top, Topaz, campus etc etc)
Oh and what is NORA?
NORA is the State Agency responsible for the holding of national strategic oil stocks at a level determined annually by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Such stocks may be held directly by the Agency itself or on its behalf by third parties in Ireland and/or in EU Member States with whom Ireland has concluded a Bilateral Oil Stockholding Agreement.

NORA receives no Exchequer funding and its ongoing activities are 100% funded by a levy imposed on certain oil products while it borrows from commercial banks in order to purchase NORA wholly owned oil stocks. The levy is 2.0 Euro cent per litre. So, the government are storing oil in case we have another middle-east crisis like the '70's!
I hope this has been informative.
PS - when my family went into the petrol business in 1976...a gallon was 67p or in todays terms....19cent a litre...eat your heart out :eek:

keithclancy

Our man in Havana wrote: »

The AA are often wrong with their assertions. They must go to the dearest garages going.

Yeh ... noticed that alright ... I must just ring their buddies on holidays and get them to look out the Window at the shell garage :pac::pac:

JJJJNR

Diesel is 139 in tescos arklow.