Protest?

This is it. Very hard to believe someone can't afford to put any fuel in their vehicle when they've driven all day to tell you so.

All a pile of nonsense really, no one will be going out of business due to fuel increases, they'll just pass it on and everyone will absorb it because everyone can afford it. There are very few, if any, actually on the breadline in this country, but we have any amount of moaners.

Chris Duffy on NT this morning basically saying money going to Ukraine should be his, Michael McNamara referencing money spent on ipas centres, the thanked xenophobic posts above, is a sad and accurate reflection of the small mindedness and mè feinism that I witness a lot in rural Ireland.

Drove back to Cork today from a wedding in Dundalk and it took us almost 6 hours, that in fairness included a 30 mins break for food. A journey which should have taken 3.5 hours at most.

Just want to challenge the echo chamber here about this protest having popular support with some of my observations.

Witnessed a truck driver carrying a load of structural steel verbally arguing with the protestors as we approached the Portlaoise road block. I didn't hear the verbals but judging by his rage I doubt he was supportive.

My journey definitely involved travelling 5-10% more distance, I'm not sure how extending the journeys of thousand of motorists and hauliers today helps conserve fuel supplies. Remember, it's a shortage of fuel supplies that has driven prices up.

The blockade at Urlingford in particular forced traffic down the old Dublin road, a road with many poorly designed junctions and a road that was never designed for that volume of traffic. Creating a road safety issue.

Cashel had a huge tailback of several km's through the town. The town was totally choked up. A medical emergency in the town centre necessitating an ambulance transfer to Clonmel would have been certainly delayed as a result.

Just my observations from today. Not sure this type of action is very popular outside of those protesting and their echo chamber.

"Conspiracy theories"

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really? interesting

Very good, will you be going out of business in the near future?

Firstly, increases haven’t always been absorbed, example: were house prices in the Celtic tiger simply absorbed or did we not have a recession where property (and everything else) went for a fraction of the price for years and years afterwards.

secondly: I thought this would be self explanatory but obviously not for some, they sacrificed a days work and diesel in the hopes that it would force the government to do something. Example: If they forced the government to reduce their grab on diesel by 20C/L surely you understand that the reduction would cover todays costs in a relatively short length of time.

Seriously what’s the alternative, just hand them the jar of Vaseline and tell them to drive on.

I won’t be replying to you anymore there is literally no point.

o how disappointing that must be for you and yours. those uneducated pesky country bumpkins and their diesel guzzling machines

Waste of time by lads who have time to waste.

No protest organizer's on the radio today, just attendees.

If ye want to protest go to the us embassy, ask them to stop the war. That's where the problem is.

Anyone know is there going to be a protest again tomorrow? Were buses delayed much does anyone know? Anyone on here get a bus? If I go to the office by bus could I be waiting hours longer to get back home? Not sure what to do tomorrow.

From what I'm reading online, yes, tomorrow will be another day of protest. Word has it they'll be doing it until the govt reopen the Stair of Hormuz. Don't try reasoning with them