AA Ireland's Conor Faughnan said yesterday that one motorist had got caught for a €2,000 bill to repair the damage caused by the illicit fuel. He warned that there was 'little chance' of recovering the money.
"Buy carefully," he said, after talking on radio station LMFM about the problem.
The border counties have regularly had problems with 'laundered' diesel, often involving low-duty agricultural fuel which has been chemically treated to remove the marker dye.
The Department of the Environment says it is aware of the problem. The department says the Revenue Commissioners should be contacted in the matter of any suspicions about laundered fuel being sold.
