Bargains can still be had despite soaring fuel prices with two petrol stations selling the commodity for under €2 a litre this week.
One Cork petrol station dropped their prices for both diesel and petrol to €1.99 a litre earlier this week.
Word got out quickly and queues started forming outside The Swift 24/7 Station in Rathcormac as hard-pressed motorists flocked to fill up.
Queues were reported throughout the day at the station as motorists from as far away as the city made the 30-minute spin up to Rathcormac on the old Dublin road to fill up.
And now a Dublin spot has followed suit and dropped their prices amid some spots charing close to €2.20 per litre.
Circle K on Ushers Quay in the city centre is selling both petrol and diesel for 199.9c per litre. According to pumps.ie, Campus on East Wall Road in Dublin 3 is also offering fuel at 199.9c.
The average cost of petrol is now 41% more expensive than last year and diesel is now 45% more expensive than last year.
The cost of living crisis - and the soaring price of fuel - appears to have turned motorists and shoppers into determined bargain hunters and some businesses are seeing an opportunity to bring in more customers.
Irish consumers - already paying some of the highest prices in Europe for staples like food and fuel and services like broadband and phones - have been hit with severe increases across the board in recent months.
The latest inflation figures from the Central Statistics Office show that food inflation was 4.5pc in May alone. But family staples like milk (10pc more expensive in the past year), butter (up just over 11pc) and margarine (up 20pc in 12 months) have seen even bigger price hikes.
A survey carried out at the weekend by iReach research found that 60pc of Irish people are now worried that they will not be able to afford all of the groceries they need should prices continue to rise.
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