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Compare Fuel Prices Across Ireland
Diesel Up 21% in 11 Weeks
Diesel: €2.29/litre↑Petrol: €1.99/litre↑Highest recorded in Ireland as of March 2026
* Excise is a duty that is added to the sale of mineral oils, cigarettes and alcohol. It is a fixed amount which is charged per litre and hence does not change as the price fluctuates. Carbon Tax is effectively the same although it is calculated per ton of CO2 generated. It works in precisely the same way as excise duty and really has nothing to do with carbon, and in fact data from Revenue normally lists Excise Duty and Carbon Tax together as one total.
** National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) levy is charged at a rate of 2 cents per litre on oil products such as petrol, autodiesel and kerosene. The NORA Levy is used to fund the acquisition and storage of strategic oil stocks. It does not apply on fuel used for international aviation or maritime transport.
The Numbers
Ireland's Fuel Price Surge, Tracked.
Daily national average fuel prices across Ireland, January – March 2026. Based on 10,000+ dated price readings from four independent sources.
Sources: pickapump.com, Pumps.ie, FuelCompare.ie, FuelWatch community reports. Daily averages calculated from all available dated readings per day.
The Surge
Diesel crossed €2 per litre on 17 March 2026 — the first time since July 2022. By 18 March, the national average reached €2.09 based on 387 price readings — the most-reported single day in the dataset.
The Gap Widens
The difference between the cheapest and most expensive stations is now over 20c per litre in some counties. Without transparency, drivers have no way to compare.
No Official Data
Ireland has no mandatory price reporting scheme. This analysis was only possible because FuelWatch aggregated publicly available community-sourced data from four platforms. A mandatory system would make this data authoritative.
Petrol and diesel exceeded €2 per litre at many forecourts — approaching the July 2022 record
30c+
Price hikes of over 30 cent per litre reported at some stations in a single week
68%
Home heating oil surged 68% in one week — 500L of kerosene went from €495 to €834
€1,000
Potential extra cost per household annually if the crisis persists, per The Irish Times
There is "a degree of price-gouging going on."
— Taoiseach Micheal Martin, March 2026
There is no legal obligation on companies to set prices at a level consumers consider fair.
— CCPC, March 2026
Without a platform, there is no data. Without data, there is no enforcement.
TD Shay Brennan has called for a mandatory "PumpWatch" system — requiring all ~1,200 Irish petrol stations to publish prices digitally and update them within 30 minutes. But there is no bill, no infrastructure, no platform to power it.
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