Rural Life
Excise clearances of green diesel down to 97m litres in August
There was a 8% year-on-year decrease in the volume of excise clearances of green diesel in August 2024, according to...
Petrol
Rural Life
Drop in the number of new and used tractors licensed last month
New figures published today (Tuesday, August 13) show a double digit percentage fall in the number of both new and...
Sponsored
Watch: Rugby legend on tackling resistant worms in cattle
At this time of year, many farmers are organising their animal health plan and tackling resistant worms to cover their...
Rural Life
Government urged not to impose fuel excise tax increase this week
Opposition parties are urging the government not to impose another fuel excise tax increase planned for this week. The second...
Rural Life
Call for increase in fuel excise duty to be postponed
Fuels for Ireland (FFI), the representative body for fuel retailers has urgently called on the new Minister for Finance, Jack...
Rural Life
AA Ireland data indicates decrease in June fuel prices
Data from today (Friday, June 21) released by AA Ireland indicates that fuel prices dropped in the month of June...
Rural Life
'When are fuel prices going to stop soaring?' - TD
Sligo-Leitrim TD, Marian Harkin has told the Dáil that if the government goes ahead with the rise of fuel prices...
Rural Life
Rural Independents call for reversal of fuel excise increase
The leader of the Rural Independent Group of TDs has called on the government to reverse the recent increase in...
Rural Life
Lowest green diesel clearances recorded for February since 2017
Excise clearances of marked gas oil (green diesel) in February 2024 were the lowest clearances recorded for February since 2017,...
Rural Life
Fuel increases this week 'absolutely unnecessary' - TD
An independent TD has slammed the government for allowing increases in excise duty for fuel to go ahead this week....
Agri-Business
Unleaded petrol excise clearances up 13% since last January
Excise clearances of unleaded petrol have seen a 13% increase since January 2023, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO)....
Agri-Business
Green diesel excise clearances down 4.5% in 2023
Excise clearances of marked gas oil (green diesel) for 2023 saw a decrease of 4.5% compared with 2022. This is...
Rural Life
Budget 2024: Fuel excise rise postponed as carbon tax to increase
The government has decided to postpone a planned increase in the fuel excise rate applied to petrol, diesel and marked...
Agri-Business
Petrol, diesel and green diesel excise duty rise from midnight
Farmers and rural communities can expect to see a further rise in fuel prices as the excise duty on petrol,...
Rural Life
Call for fuel increase to be suspended
The planned rise in excise duty on Friday (September 1) for all fuel types must be “suspended indefinitely”, according to...
Agri-Business
Demise of diesel and petrol cars postponed indefinitely
The drive to have the sale of cars powered by petrol and diesel engines prohibited from 2035 appears to have...
Machinery
Can the European Parliament kill the internal combustion engine?
It was widely reported that the European Parliament banned the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars from 2035 onwards,...
Environment
EU agrees to end sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035
The European Parliament has today (Tuesday, February 14) voted to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by...
Agri-Business
Average fuel prices fall by around 10% - AA
A survey published today (Wednesday, December 14) by AA Ireland shows that the average price of fuel decreased by around...