Despite ambitious renewable energy and emission-reduction targets, New England states heavily rely on fuel oil for home heating. Limited natural gas infrastructure, restrictions on new nuclear power facilities, and slow offshore wind development hinder New ...

Legislation aimed at bringing down the cost of fuel and home heating oil will today be introduced to the Dáil. Sinn Féin’s Mineral Oil Tax (Emergency Cost of Living Reduction) Bill 2026 would remove excise duty from home heating oil and cut it by 20c per litre for petrol and diesel.

The heating oil crisis affecting rural households and farm businesses has intensified, with the competition watchdog launching an investigation into

Following the government’s implementation of the maximum price policy on petroleum products, gasoline and diesel prices have turned downward, but tax-exempt indoor kerosene used for agricultural heating has continued to rise,