Kilkenny businessman hits out at €505m support package – ‘The Government has stuck their two fingers up at all of Ireland’

Philip Ireland of Philip Ireland Tyres Ltd in Kilkenny. Photo credit: Philip Ireland Tyres

A businessman from Kilkenny City said that the citizens of Ireland have been “stabbed in the back” by the Government with their new support package.

As part of a €505m package, the Government announced it will cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by 10 cents from midnight on Tuesday.