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News & Current Events Apr 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM

Ireland cuts tax on motor fuel as protests grip the country

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Ireland cuts tax on motor fuel as protests grip the country
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Ireland cuts tax on motor fuel as protests grip the country
The unrest has wreaked havoc on Ireland’s fuel supply network over the past week.
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mesmerooo Apr 13, 2026 +28
if they did this in my country, the government would go chapter 11, maybe first in recent world history
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ails_bales Apr 13, 2026 +6
What is chapter 11?
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ThellraAK Apr 13, 2026 +7
Bankruptcy
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ails_bales Apr 13, 2026 +2
Ah no Ireland will be ok.
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GeorgeWardlawsmum Apr 13, 2026 +92
The US needs to start paying for this shit they keep creating.
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Reddvox Apr 13, 2026 +21
Time to tarrif the shit out of USA, that seems to be the best strategy, a very stable genius said once, I heard
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kraftdinnerwithsalsa Apr 13, 2026 +4
I think the world is gonna step away from the petro dollar and f****** crash America. I _kinda_ hope I’m wrong.
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DunkingTea Apr 13, 2026 +17
Crashing America, crashes the world economy and only benefits the rich who buy up assets and keep prices high afterwards. It’s not going to be a good time…
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jourdan442 Apr 13, 2026 +1
Prices are already high and the rich have already bought up the assets. We’re in the bad timeline right now. How much longer are we gonna wait before ripping off the bandaid.
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sickofthisshit Apr 13, 2026 -16
The "petrodollar" idea you have is at this point just internet stupidity. Eventually the oil-producing states want to buy stuff, at which point they exchange the dollars for whatever currency they need to buy what they want, and unless it is made in America, it won't be dollars. Pricing it in USD is just a convention, not a mystical power.
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Jerri_man Apr 13, 2026 +17
It is far more than convention and has many tangible benefits for the US, just as the pound had for the British empire.
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Federal_Score5967 Apr 13, 2026 +1
It's better to be quiet if you have no idea what you're talking about. The petrodollar is a real thing, do some research.
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mesmerooo Apr 13, 2026 -5
maybe, if there was another stable option not belonging to any country
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DaddaMongo Apr 13, 2026 +14
there is, it's called the Euro.
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mesmerooo Apr 13, 2026
its time will come
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lost_horizons Apr 13, 2026 -8
lol no. Europe has its own problems. As do all fiat currencies.
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No-Value134 Apr 13, 2026 +13
For everybody asking why would they protest: this is why
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stevesmele Apr 13, 2026 +13
You can thank Donald for that.
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CipherWeaver Apr 13, 2026 +9
Wtf are they protesting, it's not like ireland is responsible. 
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pixter Apr 13, 2026 +21
Tax , about 55% of the cost is tax. So if petrol is €2 euro per litre €1.10 goes to the government. We get shafted left right and centre on tax here.
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InconspicuousRadish Apr 13, 2026 +10
So does pretty much the entirety of Europe. France has 55 to 60%, same for Germany. The EU mandates a minimum excise duty for gas (€0.359 per liter of unleaded petrol). Most EU countries have a higher rate, to which VAT is added. I'm sick of people regurgitating this point as if Irish gas taxation is the highest in Europe. It is [not](https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/diesel-gas-taxes-europe/). >Only Malta adheres to the minimum rate, while all other EU Member States levy higher excise duties. At the €0.359 per liter minimum, Malta has the lowest [gas tax](https://taxfoundation.org/taxedu/glossary/gas-tax/), followed by Bulgaria at €0.363 per liter ($1.61 per gallon), and [Hungary](https://taxfoundation.org/location/hungary/) at €0.409 per liter ($1.82 per gallon). >[The Netherlands](https://taxfoundation.org/location/netherlands/) levies the highest [tax](https://taxfoundation.org/taxedu/glossary/tax/) on petrol at €0.845 per liter ($3.76 per gallon), followed by [Denmark](https://taxfoundation.org/location/denmark/) at €0.717 per liter ($3.19 per gallon), and [Italy](https://taxfoundation.org/location/italy/) at €0.713 per liter ($3.17 per gallon).
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dj0 Apr 13, 2026 +1
Why do people always mention the EU minimum excise duties, when 27 of the 28 countries exercise their own higher rate of their own volition anyway. It would seem the minimum rate is irrelevant.
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InconspicuousRadish Apr 13, 2026 +1
To highlight that fuel taxes aren't high on a per country basis alone. Between the EU minimum and VAT, you're already looking at a 40%+ taxation minimum.
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ails_bales Apr 13, 2026 +10
I don't agree with the protests and its tangled up with far right aggressors, but Ireland has huge taxes on fuel. Plus a 12.5 billion euro rainy day fund. .. People want a reduction in the tax on fuel.
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Minimum-Act-3030 Apr 13, 2026 +4
I do agree with the protestors. What's the point of government savings and taxes if they can't be used in case of crisis? The fact that they have reduced the tax now proves that the protests worked.
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ails_bales Apr 13, 2026 +4
I agree on the taxes and I'm glad it's been reduced. I think they did good in this way but took it too far. The hard shoulders should not have been blocked. Cancer patients should not have missed chemo. Which they did. Iv a very sick father in hospital. We missed visits due to this. It's not just that we did not get to see him. It's knowing he is in hospital in distress without the comfort of us reassuring him, holding his hand and being able to comfort him.
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ails_bales Apr 13, 2026 +2
Now could the Americans do something similar to get rid of trump....
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Martin-downunder Apr 13, 2026 +1
And just think all that tech company tax they collected could be used to help out
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Fywq Apr 13, 2026
Cutting taxes and lowering prices increases demand and consumption, putting a stronger strain on supply lines. This has been done in numerous countries by now, but it's a nothing but a short term fix to a systemic problem that can only be fixed by reducing consumption or the opening of Hormuz. The former is obviously the better choice for both energy independence and the climate, so sooner or later we will for sure get the latter instead. And then it will still take months for supplies to stabilize.
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Schpitzchopf_Lorenz Apr 13, 2026 -2
Will they be voting green in any upcomming election? Alternative energy and fuel seems to be a solution?
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alphacross Apr 13, 2026 +1
Greens will likely do well in the next election here. They were in government last time but as often happens with smaller parties in government they got the brunt of the anti government vote
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Schpitzchopf_Lorenz Apr 13, 2026 +1
Not well enough. But well enough to get antagonized once more.
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ozzymustaine Apr 13, 2026 -12
Ireland: taxes fuel at 55% People protest to demand tax cuts on fuel Listnook: that’s Trump’s fault 🤡
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etplayer03 Apr 13, 2026 +6
You know, some countries actually try to get rid of the car centric hell that we created over the years. And how to hell can you even defend trump plunging the middle East into chaos without any goal or plan how to get anywhere.
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ContentsMayVary Apr 13, 2026 +1
The increase in petrol prices very much is the fault of the paedophile rapist of children that the American people voted into the White House.
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alphacross Apr 13, 2026 +1
Our taxes on fuel were in the middle of the pack among European countries. They’re now down at the absolute minimum allowed under EU law With the exception of VAT (which can be recovered by businesses) NONE of them are percentage based. They are all fixed charges per liter. And not only did they not increase, they went down the week before the “protest” because the government cut the excise duty and NORA levy. The price rise from the global market gobbled that up immediately
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DerApexPredator Apr 13, 2026 -1
They need to start taxing any American associations/relations they have
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