{"id":328054,"date":"2026-03-04T07:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/328054\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:54:09","slug":"lifford-councillor-hits-out-at-heating-oil-price-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/328054\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifford Councillor hits out at heating oil price hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Lifford Councillor has hit out at recent home heating oil price hikes.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the outbreak of war in Iran, many home heating oil suppliers in Donegal have upped their prices notably.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0Donegal Daily reported yesterday, the average price of buying 500 litres of home heating oil in the county <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/2026\/03\/02\/home-heating-oil-prices-rise-rapidly-across-donegal-over-middle-east-unrest-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has spiked by over \u20ac50<\/a> compared to figures from the end of January.<\/p>\n<p>Sinn Fein Lifford-Stranorlar Councillor Gary Doherty says that constituents have contacted him \u201cin genuine distress\u201d over the price hikes, which are placing even more financial strain on already-struggling households.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamilies across Donegal are contacting me in genuine distress. A 20\u201330% overnight increase in heating oil is simply unsustainable. Many households were already struggling with the cost of living, and this sudden spike has caused real anxiety,\u201d the Councillor said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many families in Donegal, heating oil isn\u2019t a luxury, it\u2019s a necessity. Rural communities are particularly exposed because so many homes rely on oil as their primary heat source. Government must recognise the scale of what is happening and act decisively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the measures the Councillor would like to see adopted include awarding of immediate emergency electricity credits for householders, a reduction of the VAT rate on fuel, and \u201cstronger protections for working families against further energy price shocks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamilies cannot be left to shoulder this alone. The response must be swift, targeted and meaningful. Donegal households deserve certainty and support during this period of instability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lifford Councillor hits out at heating oil price hikes was last modified:  March 3rd, 2026 by Daniel Brennan<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Lifford Councillor has hit out at recent home heating oil price hikes. In the wake of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11243,151627,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-328054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-donegal-news","tag-donegal-oil-prices","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}