Fuel protest about prices

Obviously the content of the phone call or talks is going to determine if the protest ends. Anyone who assumed they could just make a phone call and ask 'hows it going' and they'd disperse must be some fool altogether.

Is fuel not a deductible business expense for this shower?

Where are the army ?? ….

It is unacceptable and weakness from the state that this shower of yahoos can hold the country to ransom and impose lockdown ….. for starters Whitegate fuel depots et al should be protected by the army at all times ….. the minute they blocked these places the army should immediately have cleared the way ….. the time for action is now ….. people are entitled to protest …. but not this …… this is extremism and those behind it incl that guy on PrimeTime last evening need to be jailed …..

No one begrudges anyone …. and people have sympathy for the aim of lowering fuel costs ….. but the methods are what is wrong ….. imposing a Covid like situation on the country where fuel is not available and people cannot get to and from work ….. and where other struggling businesses are denied their livelihoods …… is what is wrong ….. blockades of fuel and making roads unpassable is just not on ….. people have a right to protest but protest must have parameters ……

No one has the right to selfishly put a whole economy into lockdown ….. be it this shower or anyone else ….. people lose sympathy and I bet many of same protestors were not happy at all when similar was happening in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid !!!!! …..

They have almost that as it is ….. about 1% of the population support these protestors …… that is different to the % of the people who support the cause of lower fuel costs ….. but no one bar the very few support lockdown type methods …… Covid is still fresh in our memories …. that destroy the livelihoods of the many for the sake of a few selfish protestors …..

The army and the police/Gardai have to intervene today and remove blockades of key infrastructure …. and hold hardliners to account ….. protestors should receive the full force of the law …. jail for those who commit the most extreme acts, fines and traffic violation penalties for those who commit more minor offences ….. the government have to negotiate with moderate representatives of the businesses concerned …. and shelve the likes of carbon tax and reduce likes of VAT/VRT/etc …..

What about essential workers being delayed or unable to get to work because of their antics?

Would be like a recreation of 1916 😄 I don't think people realise how much support these lads have down the country. Plenty more ready to come up if it escalates.

No one has the right to close down the entire country ….. be it this lot or be it NPHET during Covid or anyone else ….. there are other means of protest like there were other ways to deal with Covid ….. successful protests are ones focused on the cause of the issue and not the entire public ….. everyone supports the reduction of fuel but no one wants another lockdown ….. no one …… Extreme protests need to be illegal ….. the more a country tolerates the more hardliners will try and push things ….. next thing you have out and out terrorism …..

The other issue is that Netanyahu and Trump are the real cause of much of the current issue ….. yet no one is blockading the Trump embassy and the Israel embassy …. it is often too inconvenient for some to consider the cause of much of the problem is poor leadership outside of Ireland …..

The prisons are full. What sort of creatures are you proposing they let out to put protestors behind bars instead?

Very few support this shower ….. less than 1% ….. that is different to the amount of people who support lower fuel costs, the shelving of the carbon tax and lower VAT ….. and who oppose Trump/Netanyahu/war ….. this shower of protestors are too extreme and too disruptive ….. and have lost the support of 99%+ of the people ….. no one be it these or NPHET should ever be allowed to impose lockdowns ….. there are other ways ….. if these protestors chose another method rather than a fuel lockdown I would 100% support them ….. this is the view of most of the country …..

I highly doubt it's anywhere near 1%. Most people are blaming the government.

There has to be consequences for extreme action ….. there are several people in prison for not paying fines at al ….. or who are very near the end of their sentences ….. the most extreme protestors like those blocking depots and oil refineries …. need to go into prison …… these actions cannot be accepted …… there are laws and every citizen has the right to be able to go about their business ….. this shower need to be put back into their box ….. give them one last chance to stand down ….. and if they don't then arrange prison for the most extreme offenders and other measures for anyone else involved in severe disruption …..

Planning accordingly how? The planning is a total omnishambles with very little in the way of forewarning about specific routes and services that will be unavailable. People will have appointments lined up for days, weeks and months that they missed yesterday because they had no idea of the disruption that would be caused.

Contrast this with something like the rail strikes in the UK a couple of years back. Huge disruption but any planned cancellations advertised days in advance to give people plenty of notice to make alternative arrangements. Services kept running but at a reduced rate, ensuring the most adversely impacted was national rail and their balance sheet.

These people have essentially decided to hold the country to ransom - blocking critical services with no timetable or thought for how the public are disrupted.

What are your views on NPHET by the way …… Covid lockdown/Level 5 restrictions ???? …..

I supported them on Tuesday.
Got badly caught on the M11 SB at J5 on Wednesday & also witnessed tempers being frayed as I saw one person try to jump a queue only for a person jump out of another car & start kicking his car - crazy stuff.

Then yesterday I got caught twice - M50 NB in the morning, took me approximately 2 hours to get from Red Cow to the Ball at Naas.

On top of this it’s reported that petrol stations are running out of fuel on the west side of the Country.
Why don’t they lift their blockades and wait until next week & block Kildare/Nassau/Stephen’s Green/ Molesworth Street/Merrion Square with all the overpaid TD’s blocked in in DE. Let them feel what it’s like.
Personally, they’ve lost my support as the week has progressed.