Fuel Protest (Read MOD NOTE on first post)

Some of these protestors were very well off. Hugely expensive tractors and can afford to protest for the week. It wouldn't have suprised me if some use green diesel.

It shouldn't surprise you, either

And idiots are going to spout lies about banning bacon and dogs and bringing sharia law while waving Irish flags. Because they're idiots.

Some government ministers met, as they did on days earlier in the week and as they do most weeks. The government met on Sunday.

Yes, that probably meant the package coming into effect a few days earlier than it otherwise would. It was negotiated with the legitimate, elected leadership of the legitimate representative organizations. And not with self-nominated scumbags who had hoodwinked excitable hotheads into sabotage against their own country. While waving tricolours, the irony of that!

They sat one their arses for ten days without getting anything done from the first meeting, hence the poor meeting on Friday. Which since miraculously turned into a final decision by Sunday. Make no mistake, we'd be well into May before anything done without the protests (and to a much lesser extent in actions). To think otherwise is delusional.

I remember someone telling me my small local town in Ireland would be under sharia law in 10 years, that was 9 years ago. No sign of it yet lol some people are so obsessed with Muslims its unreal, probably never even met one before.

Free everything for everyone.

I delighted the government came to their senses and agreed a package in the end, pity they didnt do it a week ago and avoid all this happening. Well done to all the protesters, mission accomplished.

Crazy stuff indeed.

These protest groups have been influenced/infiltrated by the likes of Derek Blighe, his brother (who was the guy pepper sprayed at whitegate, and Tony Robinson and his ike.

While the vast vast vast me majority of protesters are honest decent people, they are being steered by them.

Blocking ports and refineries are doing more damage than is necessary.

The rolling road blocks, are inconvenient and while I don't like them, I would accept them as a legitimate peaceful protest, but blocking motorways, and other roads, I'm completely against.

Do your slow rolling convoys.. doing anything else, and you deserve what you get.

I also believe, all of this could have been avoided if the government just made an announcement of the removed carbon tax for 2 months, and to be reviewed after that.

I don't often see eye to eye with Simon Harris but he is 100% correct here:

"One of the leaders were asked what would you do if you had a hospital appointment, and the 'protest leader' said 'we're on social media and if you send us a message and we'll assess your message and one of the wardens will get back to you.'

"Wardens? We don't have wardens. We don't have people who decide if you can or can't move around the country.

"We've one police force, we've one army and we have citizens who share this Republic.

"It is alarming that, I don't think this was taken seriously enough in elements of public discourse or media discourse this week.

"It was alarming that for a period of days we had people, who we don't know who they are or what they're backgrounds are, that they were deciding whether that truck could go in or out, whether you could get to your hospital appointment, whether you could get petrol or fuel.

"Who are they and how dare they?"