Analysis: Is carbon tax behind rising fuel prices?
There is a political battle going on between the government and the opposition about the carbon tax, but who is right?
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has been at the centre of a Dáil row about whether the rising carbon tax is behind the rapid rise in fuel prices.
The carbon tax has been increased by €7.50 per tonne in the past three budgets as part of the government’s plan of getting it to €100 per tonne by 2030.
At Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil, Richard O’Donoghue, the independent Limerick county TD, had no doubt that the carbon ...
