Prices for diesel and heating oil dropped by around 3 cents per litre from midnight on Tuesday.

Diesel costs fell by 3.6 cents to €1.531/litre on Tuesday.

As for heating oil, low sulphur heating oil (50ppm) dropped to €0.993/litre, down by 3.9 cents, while 10ppm oil will now cost €1.001/litre, or 3.2 cents less.