Fuel protest about prices

Its incredible. You'd nearly wonder how people could be this stupid, except we've seen the proof over the last few days.

Even the name of the Facebook group "De People of Ireland Against Fuel Prices"… so they're against prices being charged on fuel? They want it for free? Imbeciles.

Christ!

No EU country has capped fuel costs. That is a barefaced lie.

Other EU countries have given tax relief on fuel, just as Ireland has done.

Costs can't be capped unless the government subsidises the fuel.

That is exactly what they are ….. the govt, army and police are all too lenient on these selfish morons and their extreme lockdown ….. it is time to get them removed from our streets, roads, ports and especially refineries and depots ….

That's speculation on your part. The word came from the Galway contingent through two TDs. Never made them out to be intelligent, but it's common sense not to bet the house on an attendance when said attendance was continuously denied in the media across FF from the start.

As for your usual drivel, the tractors may be financed, and no contractors would work in that rain today.

I don't know 😕 I know rumours spread alot quicker than the truth so I'd only take it with a pinch of salt

Just because they're opposition doesn't mean they're for everything that's opposed to the government.

They're not all **** idiots, they obviously can see there's nothing good coming from aligning themselves with the blockaders and the far right, animal abusing tax dodging element within it just to score points off the government.

Even SF have gone very quiet after their initial knee jerk reaction.

Did anyone see the "protester" being interviewed, I think in Galway but could be wrong, on the RTE news earlier? Reporter asked him what he was "protesting" about (i.e. participating in an illegal blockade on essential supplies), what result did he want? Was obvious he had no idea, a few cogs in his head started turning, and he eventually said "Prices to go back to what they were before the Iran war"....

I kid you not.

you couldn’t make this up, exit four on the m50 is closed for roadworks. So they are forcing you into the protest!

Its like watching the COVID threads of old, so much polarisation! For my 9c, it's just the front for the disconnect between government and the cost of living and the refugee crisis. It was always going to fracture somewhere and this is it, a lot of people don't support the protest as such, but do support the government getting their arse handed to them. People are struggling, and it's probably a wake up call how things can be torn asunder by people, regardless of their political leanings

Some things just happen to have everyone agree on from a political point of view.

Had there been no blockades, and had the blockaders spokesmen not been utter scumbags, they'd probably have gotten opposition support.

As it is you're not going to get anyone that's not far right get on board with these.