The issue of fuel costs was top of the agenda at Leaders Questions in the Dail today.  

Fine Gael TD for Louth, Fergus O'Dowd has called for "dawn raids" on petrol stations by Gardaí and the CCPC to identify price gouging on fuel. He says fuel companies are directly challenging the authority of the Government.

Fergus O'Dowd joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder...

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