Fuel Protest

These protests will accomplish nothing except disrubt hard working people trying to get to work and people trying to get to hospital appointments as well as people wanting to have a day out and tourists as well as does of us who need to get fuel for our cars or our homes. These people are selfish. They very nearly made my long dsy yesterday longer but thankfully I got lucky and got home without these selfish people impacting my day in Dublin too much. They are very badly organised. Time for them to end and I hope the Garda and the army stop them.

Outrageous. Populist nonsense. The ideology of imbeciles. "The government" is the source of all their gripes.

We have free & fair elections every 5 years (at most). Everyone gets to vote for whoever they want. The cheek of these scumbags to claim to speak for the people of Ireland.

Nonsense. Tinfoil hat nonsense.

"All the corporate tax has been squandered and it's been done intentionally."

Jesus wept.

there should only be 1 thread about this , there’s 3 far to much for this protest , I’m not sure if the government will even do anything but maybe if push comes to shove then maybe , carbon tax needs to be scrapped then prices would be around 40c cheaper a litre and with it due to go up yet again it’s only gonna get worse and I can also see people green and red diesel as well I don’t blame people for using it but gardai have been dipping cars lately especially up here in the northwest

Compared to other countries it's a very fair system.

Was great seeing the protesters sending Murphy packing yesterday when he tried to jump on the bandwagon.

Lot of whinging online and here as well, a protest is supposedl to be disruptive so its up to everyone to have a contingency plan while it's going on.

The right wing sewer rats trying to jump on the bandwagon. No surprises there.

Large-scale public support matters in terms of this being successful. This has largely just pissed off the public. So overall this looks unlikely to achieve anything so good job!

Coincidentally there was a woman on the radio from Laois today who also has to take her daughter to hospital in Dublin four times a week and her fuel bill has increased by €60.

She was in favour of the protests.

protests sure.. this is not a protest.

Its a blockade that is sabotaging our infrastructure, preventing working people from getting to work, people getting to hospital.

Maybe people impacted should block the farms, yards, truck yard of those involved to prevent them going about their daily life.

C70 issued, so army will be taking away their vehicles, Gardai should also check for for tax, insurance , safety and the diesel in the truck.

• People missing hospital appointments
• Tradesmen missing days of work
• Carers running out of home fuel
• Forecourts running out of fuel
• Scumbags blocking roads and demanding to see proof for hospital appointments in order to allow people past
• Scumbags demanding said proof for a 7-month old child who needed hospital treatment
• People unable to get to pharmacies to pick up pain medication following emergency surgery
• Concern over fuel availability for emergency service vehicles

All carried out by people who have access to more fuel rebates and grants than any normal people can only dream of in their €200,000 brand new tractors and with the ability to take three days off work, while claiming that they are struggling or on the brink.

Let's make one thing very clear. These people don't want to help you, they want you to suffer like they are (or at least like they claim to be).

Why aren't these hauliers involved here taking advantage of the diesel rebate which saves them €8000 a year? I would bet my bottom dollar that they're not taking advantage of it because they are not tax compliant.

Farmers have grants and rebates coming out of their ears. Again, the ones involved here probably not taking advantage of them because they're fiddling with the books.

All the last few days has demonstrated is that there are some very, very stupid people living in this country. How they cannot see that they're being taken for a ride sideways is beyond me.

Carry on, lads, but remember all of this when you're all crying about higher prices coming down the line. It's your fault because you enabled and made excuses for everything that is currently happening above.

The problem is the Government weren't doing enough and left a vacuum for these trashy pieces of vermin to insert themselves into and now they are way too slow to react and hold them to account for their actions.

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