Protest?

Blocking roads in and out of Dublin is only going to land on the shoulders of other hard working people, many already under the same pressure. It will be tradespeople trying to reach jobs, carers getting to clients, hospital staff, shift workers trying not to lose a day’s pay. All sound and very hard working men and women, employers and feeling the pinch.

In reality, it is the blue collar workers, trades, and rural commuters who will be hit hardest. Many others will simply work from home and carry on. So it starts to look less like a protest aimed at decision makers and more like a glorified tractor run that ends up frustrating the very people already feeling the squeeze.

It is no surprise then that the Irish Road Haulage Association appear to be backing away from it.

And what exactly is the aim of the protest. What is going to happen in 3 week time when we run out of fuel if this war continues. All the protest will do is annoy people in ordinary jobs that need to get on with there lives.

Even when the war ends it possible the price of diesel will remain up near 2/ litre. What I cannot fathom is that the hauliers do not write clauses regarding diesel prices into there contracts. These are the same people that are campaigning that tractors on road work should have to use white diesel. Anyway alot these hauliers will ne parked up in six month when the world starts going into recession

Know a few people that need to get to Shannon Airport tomorrow morning. They are going to have to try find routes to avoid this f@@kuo

Sadly she got over 1500 first preference votes, we were watching it at time & had to wait until the 8th count for her elimination.

Can't stand her, constant barage of what every other party is doing...yet doing fook all her herself...dangerous

There will be a lot of people miss hospital appointments tomorrow because of this BS. Even those that manage to attend may find cancellations becase of the way this will effect hospitals.

No I do not hold myself in high esteem. However I understand that other have to get on with there lives. I did not suppo⁸rt the "thicko" behaviour of a former IFA leader chaining trollies together to effect ordinary people going doing there shopping, or "thicko" dumping trailers of vegetables in front of supermarkets at christmass. Neither did I support the last couple of major Farming protests driving big tractors through Dublin.

People who work and commute day in day out deserve more respect than to be used as pawns by "thicko's" some tomorrow will be on a jolly because there employer will give them a truck and a fill of diesel, some will be hangers on professioal protestors and the "thicko" will be there as well

Well then organise a protest march and see will these people support it. However we all know and the thicko's esoecially know that all that they will get at such a march is a few thousand if eve that. This is basically people running businesses and operating onntoo tight a nargin. Thst have build up business in too much finance. I have seen hauliers that have wwnt from 6-10 trucks about 10 years ago to 50+. They have expanded too fast, probably have nearly 100% borrowing's on machinery, I see the same with contracting, young lad without a pot to p!ss on has set up an outfit, he has new tractors, tankers, hedge cutters, he has a couple of diggers on the new road. He drives a 2025 pickup. He is in his mid twenties. There wouldvhave been little or no equity setting this outfit up.

The Businesses whinging now are exactly similar to the ones that went bust in the last crash, probably a lot of the same faces or there children. As a Ugandan's ( got out of Unganda a few hours before Ida Amin's thugs were planning on collecting him)I knew said once at lunch at a meeting, "it the same old faces in the same places spouting the same sh!t) .

This is what happens as a recession starts lads that are over extended start to fell the pressure. With the adventnof mobile phones, broadband and the internet its too easy to organise meeting and a rent a mob