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Further deferral of increases in fuel prices beyond November remains possible

Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday

By Harry McGee
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#3411
First seen
27 Aug 2026, 09:46 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 18:26 UTC
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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
27 Aug 2026, 17:21 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Harry McGee
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Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday
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    Further deferral of increases in fuel prices beyond November remains possible

    Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday

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    Revision observed

    Further deferral of increases in fuel prices beyond November remains possible

    Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday

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    Revision observed

    Fuel excise: Ministers asked to back postponing full restoration of cuts until February

    Proposals would see restoration postponed until November with phased increases each month until February

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    Initial capture

    Fuel excise: Ministers asked to back postponing full restoration of cuts until February

    Proposals would see restoration postponed until November with phased increases each month until February

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Capture ID
#3246
Observed
27 Aug 2026, 17:41 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
725,261 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
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metadata and excerpt
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