I manifestanti contro il prezzo del carburante affermano che allenteranno i blocchi dopo aver assicurato la riunione del governo
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/09/fuel-price-protesters-say-they-will-ease-blockades-after-securing-government-meeting/
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Did the protests work?
Have been part of many a well behaved protest over the years and never did the government agree to a meeting to end it.
Is this the benchmark for getting their attention?
>Blockades of Dublin’s O’Connell Street and the State’s only oil refinery in Whitegate, Co Cork, continued, with protesters at the Irving Oil-run refinery saying they will maintain the blockade **until the Government meets their demands and caps fuel prices**.
Do not negotiate with terrorists.
Well that’s a load of bullbird, very well acquainted with these types of bucks; they’ll be happy to sit in their Facebook group limelight for as long as possible
Only took them 3 days. Complaining on RTE and Radio 1 all day about the protesters but only now they decide it’s a good idea to sit down and talk to them. Farce of a Government
Grand so if I park on O’Connell street, stop people from getting to work on time and spout some anti-immigration nonsense, I can get a meeting with the government.
I love how its like our own mini Iran with the farmers blocking the strait of cork.
Fair play to them its good to see people protesting without burning luases or anything. Govt have made an absolute hames of the whole situation but thats par for the course.
Announcing youd be using the army and then not is hilarious as you get all the bad pr but dont even sort the situation. Also looks very weak to disparage and refuse talks with them only to actually have to admit you cant do anything and will have to negotiate. Genuinely such a funny microcosm of iran.
I gotta say I’m not that surprised at the responses here but it is a shame.
You always see posts here about how high the cost of living has gotten in Ireland over the last few years, but a group finally protests and people can’t stand being inconvenienced for a week. This is honestly how protests should be done and I wish we’d grow some stones and protests this ardently for other things like the housing crisis and healthcare.
It’s a shame it got to this point, but it has and it’s weird to me how many people here will on one hand complain the rising cost of living, but also bemoan anyone actually willing to protest it. Which is working, considering the government agrees to meet them now.
I was commuting to Dublin city center for this week, it sucked a whole lot, but I didn’t blame the protestors
Wow that was a tough 24hrs I didn’t think we’d make it thank fuck no one panicked and everyone held it together.
~~Misleading title, it implies~~ they have secured a government meeting
Edit: fixed
Whatever the case lads, at least something was done by people in these passive times. Popular or not the government will have a 2nd thought when people say they’re willing to do things like this.
It was a shitty thing to do. But we’re all being castrated financially and someone said enough, better or worse at least it’s something. And maybe a precursor to more meaningful action, minus fucking over thousands of people.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but someone has to do it and I’ve a lot of respect for them for doing it.
The cost of living is really high. I don’t know how people who are making minimum wage survive…
Hope govt doesnt meet with these terrorists!
The fact was that coming into the weekend the protests were likely to see an increase in numbers/support because people aren’t in work and can join it.
Also, the threat or even promise to use the Army was just never going to work for public opinion. Having the Army moving trucks/tractors off the road would swing the mood towards (or even more towards) the protestors. Remember, this protest impacts every single person who drives or uses oil for heating so it’s not just a win for truckers/farmers if they succeed in a price cap, removal or break in carbon tax or reduction in government fuel tax, it will trickle to others.
If only people knew how good we have it
Ah yeah, sure you cant be protesting on a weekend.
Send in the army. Bulldoze the vehicles into a ditch and arrest the saboteurs.Â
Have 30 kms left in my car with no fuel left in my town.
How do I get my kids to the doctors in the morning and back? Who’s going to pay for my short term pain so they can get their long term gain?
Their absolute disgraceful behaviour will genuinely kill those who can’t get anywhere as there is no fuel left in the country. They should be ashamed of themselves targeting the people who stood beside them at the start.
Lending legitimacy to month old facebook groups that are fronts for the far right. Dallon who “runs” the oconnell street protest tried to distance himself to the oil refinery blockers who admitted to being in league with independent ireland. I seriously doubt they arent connected somehow. Expect this whole astroturfed circus to appear again during the next hot button issue just like the covid denier and refugee hostel/luas burner protests before them that had all the same players.
The thing that gets to me is the amount of people with genuine concerns that are getting played in all this. Theres a reason why the more official farmer and hauliage groups didnt throw their weight behind all this.
Everyone interviewed had different demands from some wanting to protect diesel to some wanting subsidies an all fuel to some demanding ukranians out.
That RTE interview with the FF minister was awful. Ironically he did a brilliant job at showing just how out of touch Fianna Fail are with the actual people.
When asked would he speak to the protestors, said he won’t speak to the people just their oil groups made of their friends.
Reduce the tax / Tax the fucking rich!
Seize the vehicles and start dishing out penalty points.
They will do more damage to our economy that the fuel prices