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MOTORISTS in Tralee are enjoying petrol prices 20 cent cheaper on  this time last year, from €1.50 a litre to under €1.30.

As of Friday afternoon, the cheapest places to get petrol in town were Esso on the North Circular Road and Top at the Horan Centre with a price of €1.28.9.

The next best price is Applegreen €1.29.8, followed by the other Esso, O’Connor’s on Quill Street, Topaz in Manor, McElligotts Texaco and Amber and Inver which are all €1.29.9.

Topaz in Mounthawk and Texaco in Blennerville were both charging €1.30.9.

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Looking at the prices nationally, Tralee is one of the cheapest places to get petrol, but the least expensive is in Templeglantine on the Kerry Limerick border with a price of €1.22.9.

Not surprisingly a petrol station in Dublin clocks in the highest at 165.9.

The good news for consumers is that prices are forecasted to fall further in the near future.

If your vehicle takes diesel, here’s the list of prices around town…

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Blennerville Texaco – 123.9

Topaz Mounthawk – 122.9

Amber – 122.9

McElligott’s Texaco – 124.9

Applegreen Clounalour – 121.8

NCR Esso – 121.9

Quill St Esso – 122.9

Manor Topaz – 122.9

Manor Applegreen – 121.8

Inver Castlemaine Road – 121.9

(prices correct as of Friday afternoon, January 2)