Ireland has seen a significant decrease in the cost of both petrol and diesel this month compared to June according to the latest survey of fuel prices from AA Ireland.

Petrol now costs an average of 154.5 cent per litre, down 2.9 cent since June. The fall in price for diesel was even greater as it now costs on average 144.4 cent per litre, a drop of 3.6 cent. Fuel prices have continued to fall since March of this year. In the last 4 months petrol has fallen by 7.6 cent per litre and diesel by 10.7 cent.

“While a drop in fuel prices is always welcome, filling up in Ireland is still extremely expensiveâ€