Fuel protest about prices

Have you considered becoming a boards.ie mod and then getting a position in Commision na Mean?

agreed. Boards is no reflection of true sentiment anymore. Its almost dead. Hope on over to Facebook or X and it's absolutely hopping with various discussions on this, most of them supportive of the protests. I have a large family and we met up over Easter, all of them really struggling with the increased costs and all of them furious with the level of taxes we are paying on top of the fuel. It absolutely has to be addressed!

The ordinary tax payer (and non tax payer) elected the TDs to the Dail

A government was formed.

They made decisions to run the country

That's democracy

Dubliners have various means of transport with the soaring cost of fuel. Rural people do not. Rural people drive fewer electric cars and less of them have heat pumps. They have scant, infrequent public transport. You cannot get a bus to work and home every day if you live in the country. So yes its a different demographic. Farmers are rural dwellers and they are feeling the pinch most. They are the ones supplying our shops with milk, meat, veg. I 100% support them! Our carers who mind our elderly people in the community are at breaking point also.

Also what is a "rainy day fund" of billions that is frequently bragged about for, if not for rainy days? What is the definition of a rainy day, is that not now? Is it ok for Govt to just waste taxpayers money on vanity projects like the Childrens Hospital (all we needed was a functioning large hospital on a green site along the M50 10 years ago!!), bike sheds, mobile phone pouches etc….. while being held accountable for absolutely nothing. People have every right to be furious with Michael Martin now and his contempt for those who are really struggling.

What's the irony? Did you ask if it's financed or paid for?

I'm at a loss to your apparent expectation of taking a relatively inflated tax hike lying down, simply because one drives a 251?

Rural houses are ideal for solar energy and heat pumps, as they have more space. A farm in particular has a lot of space for solar panels, which could power everything regardless of Iran.

I think you'll find it was people who get paid from taxes voting for a government that would continue giving them more money for jam.

400,000 public sector workers are costing tax payers a fortune. Not a single one of them were in the convoy. All of them vote FFG or at least they wont protest or vote against them.

It seems you think the rest of us should just bend over and take it because teachers, nurses, gardaí and civil servants voted in a government of high taxation & reckless spending because they give them a nice cut

Still at a loss to your "irony"?

And who owns the payments on the big tractors?

If you can't afford a big tractor, get a smaller one.

€2bn in subsidies are already paid, but the beal bocht is as strong as ever.

Agri prices were up 15% last year too.

Farmers pay a flat VRT rate of €200. Motor tax is about €150. Bugger all duties on Agri fuel. Most tractors don't need an NCT

Last year Agri prices went up 15% and the farming subsidies passed €2bn.

Yet an beal bocht is asking for even more

I supported it yesterday but sure as night and day, the knuckle dragger dole heads are out in full force.

Wait until they start throwing things through windows again...