It is cutting the excise duty on a litre of diesel by 20 cent and the duty on a litre of petrol by 15 cent as of midnight. Quite a bit more than the excise duty is being cut by, that is for sure. Since the start of the month, retail prices for petrol have climbed by just over 25 cent a litre while diesel prices have gone up by 55 cent. So, when you add the cuts in excise duty to the Nora cut, what will it mean for me? But the cuts in the cost of petrol and diesel are not the only measures coming down the tracks, are they?

Source: The Irish Times March 24, 2026 09:54 UTC