The increases have led to accusations of ‘price gouging’ although fuel retailers deny this.
The Enterprise Minister has called an urgent meeting with the fuels industry, and urged consumers to report any suspected breaches of consumer or competition law to watchdog the CCPC, although it is unclear whether it has any powers to intervene.
Meanwhile, the Government has distanced itself from any cost-of-living supports for fuel such as those after Russia invaded Ukraine.
The Irish Independent has been surveying where petrol and diesel are now dearest around the country, with some steep increases listed below. Prices for premium petrol and diesel are even higher.
Have you noticed the price of motor fuel increasing in your area?
The national average price of a litre of unleaded in February 2026 was 173c, and 172 for diesel, according to the AA.
In January those figures were 170c for petrol and 169c for diesel.
So far the highest price we’ve found for petrol is 184.9c a litre in Texaco, Ballygall, Dublin 11, and diesel at 185.9c at Top, Strand Road Portmarnock, north Dublin.
Cork:
Inver, Dublin Road, Fermoy
Petrol 175.9
Diesel 173.9
Maxol, Clonakilty
Petrol 179.9
Diesel 179.9
Maxol, Donnybrook, Douglas, Cork
Petrol 179.9
Diesel 184.9
Dublin:
Maxol Kimmage Cross Roads (KCR)
Petrol: 175.9c
Diesel: 175.9
Texaco Ballygall, Dublin 11
Petrol 184.9
Diesel 183.9
Circle K Ballymun Road
Petrol 181.9
Diesel 180.9
Top, Strand Road Portmarnock, north Dublin
Petrol 183.9
Diesel 185.9
Circle K, Naas Road
Petrol 180.8
Diesel 182.8
Applegreen, Monastery Road, Clondalkin
Petrol 174.8
Diesel 177.8
Circle K, Nutgrove, Rathfarnham
Petrol 177.8
Diesel 179.8
Top, Howth Road
Petrol 177.9
Diesel 177.9
Applegreen, Sarsfield Road
Petrol 177.8
Diesel 177.8
Applegreen, Kinsealy
Petrol 181.9
Diesel 183.8
Maxol, Swords Road
Petrol 179.9
Diesel 180.9
Kildare
Circle K, Dublin Rd
Petrol 181.9
Diesel 183.9