Fuel Protest (Read MOD NOTE on first post)

At first I thought the protest was impressive with all the big vehicles. It was like a big show of vehicles but it would have been a pain in the hole to be stuck behind.

I don't really see the sense in the protest in driving big vehicles to protest the cost of fuel.

I also don't agree with the government intervening too quickly with a huge package. I don't think that's an answer to fuel costs.

I can see why the protesters are protesting in that they have big vehicles to fill for work and that would cost a lost and they don't know if they will have a job in a few weeks or months.

I never realised the huge impact it would have where many petrol stations are now dry of fuel and shops running low on supplies. The people protesting are despicable. One day would have been more than enough and if the government didn't respond, maybe increase it to two days the following week, if the government didn't respond, maybe three days the following week and so on.

So far today the high prices are a result of a global crisis. Now they are making it so much more worse.

I mean you know the answer to this.

Any corporations sole purpose is to return maximum profit to its shareholders, it's their modus operandi.

It's up to government to do what they can to protect consumers but essentially if you have a scarce resource and huge demand, there's nothing they can do.

Yes, in principle the protest was absolutely fine and they made their point to the government for the first day or two. But there are clear signs the blockade is rapidly getting out of control : fuel shortages across the country, food supplies starting to be impacted, people's everyday lives being disrupted in all sorts of ways.

Somebody should have a word with them and tell them to call the blockade off - it's likely public opinion will quickly turn against them in the next couple of days.

And it's wrecking society. We take it as a given that corporations must psychotically mine every red cent out of the economy they can, regardless of what value they put back. We've given up trying to do anything about that…. and then we look to the government to stop it, despite them essentially working for said corporations in the first place.

And then we complain how things seem to just tend worse. A strange, strange state of affairs, you have to say.

about time

Looks like a 222 tractor there. I'd love the see the owner come crying to the gardai in a few days begging them to let him take it home.

What a shitshow.. some very influential people in our country are now promoting anarchy. So any mob of people who assemble and protest and shout and roar because of whatever issues are in society can hold a whole country to ransom… it’s mob rule, mob anarchy and a form of civil terrorism.. need to wake up

But the government can stop the protest any time they want, the ball is in there court.

Do you mean by force or giving into their demands and taking a wrecking ball to the public purse?

That doesn't give the protestors a free pass to shut down the country. They should call it it off - it's obvious that the public are going to turn against them. Within a couple of days, we could start to see members of the public shouting abuse at them.

Just seeing updates on Cork Beo twitter page, seems guadds and army have been fairly successful in clearing protect out of the way?

Don't forget Putin.

He accelerated this steady continuous rise in the cost of living in 2022.

"The laws for everyone" he says.

The law against terrorism applies to everyone as well, lets hope they learn that one first hand right now.