Insurance price jump now predicted to reach 30%
Motor insurance premiums are now expected to jump by at least 30 per cent this year, according to The AA. Motorists in Ireland have already been enduring a 20 per cent price hike so far. The AA sells motor insurance as an intermediary and as such, deals extensively with insurance underwriters. With 170,000 Irish motorists […]
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MOTORING COSTS: INSURANCE RISE WIPES OUT PUMP PRICE GAIN
The average cost of running a family car for a year is €10,593.60 according to the AA’s annual survey of motoring costs. The total is down a very tiny €17.60 on the same figure for last year according to the AA’s calculations. The major rise in the cost of motor insurance has cost motorists dearly. […]
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Is your car over 15 years old? Follow this advice from the AA
Following yesterday’s announcement by two of Ireland’s major motor insurers that they will no longer provide cover for cars beyond 15 years old AA Ireland is offering advice for affected motorists. Firstly, we would urge any motorists who have 15 year old cars not to panic. There are still many other insurance providers who will […]
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Fuel prices continue to impact domestic tourism
The crippling amount of tax attached to motor fuel prices is having a profound impact on domestic tourism claim AA Hospitality Services who recently quizzed thousands of motorists on how pump prices are likely affect their leisure travel in the year ahead. While their research specifically references fluctuating fuel prices rather than direct taxation, the […]
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Fuel prices continue to impact domestic tourism
The crippling amount of tax attached to motor fuel prices is having a profound impact on domestic tourism claim AA Hospitality Services who recently quizzed thousands of motorists on how pump prices are likely affect their leisure travel in the year ahead. While their research specifically references fluctuating fuel prices rather than direct taxation, the […]
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Listen back – Petrol Price Report, RTE1 earlier today
In recent months crude oil has dropped from $110 per barrell to $50 so why are we seeing such a modest reduction on our petrol and diesel at our forecourts? In a word…TAX! Earlier today @oconnellbrian shared his report on petrol prices, later joined by @ConorAAIreland on The Sean O’Rourke show. Listen back to the report here.
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Drop in oil prices; a mixed blessing for the globe
By Conor Faughnan Oil has been one of the big stories of 2014. After four years of stability the global price suddenly dropped like a stone, down from $110 per barrel to about $60 and looking very shaky. That’s a 45% drop in 5 months. For us it is a little less because the Euro […]
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Oil price falls a lot, pump price falls a little
Written by Conor Faughnan Oil prices are falling. Crude oil is down by about 20% since June 2014 which has a lot of people wondering why pump prices haven’t decreased in the same manner. The answer? Mainly, tax. However the Euro has also weakened against the dollar, taking away some of the gains, and European wholesale […]
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Latest Fuel prices
Results of our AA Monthly Fuel Price Survey FUEL PRICES HOLD STEADY DESPITE CRIMEAN CONCERNS Fuel prices have not changed much at Irish pumps in the last month despite the international situation in the Crimea and fears that it would cause a surge in e…
East Link Tolls
by Conor Faughnan, Director of Consumer Affairs, AA Ireland Dublin City Council has made a bad decision. Without any proper justification they have chosen to continue to impose a toll on the East Link Toll bridge after it turns thirty years old. Let me…