Had you been paying attention to the Government's announcement of fuel supports, you will have heard the hits. The Government reacted on Tuesday to runaway prices at the petrol pumps with a suite of measures. To recap: excise on petrol will fall by 15c per litre, with diesel excise cut by 20c. It is very easy to begin a package of supports; it's a lot harder politically to unwind them. The political manoeuvring out of supports will be difficult to unwind, even in the face of opposition criticism that they don't go far enough.

Source: Irish Examiner March 24, 2026 19:59 UTC