Fuel Protest (Read MOD NOTE on first post)

That is a better criticism than the finger-pointing at individuals for blatant political purposes.

Despite several attempts with changes to the Planning Acts, we don't seem to be getting projects off the ground. However, it does look like quite a number of projects - BusConnects, DART plus, Metrolink, Shannon pipeline, Dublin Drainage Scheme, Galway bypass, Cork Commuter Rail, Luas Finglas - will have passed their planning and commenced construction under the current government. They won't get a bit of thanks for that at the next election as most will not be completed, but whether or not it is the same government back again, you can bet that whoever is cutting the ribbons in 2030 will be claiming all the credit.

Serious question:

Now that the cat is out of the bag, will you support all future protests who copy this method of protesting?

When the students all band together and block the oil depots from being resupplied, you'll be right there with them, yeah? And what about nurses/doctors? You'll be cheering them on as you're stuck in traffic trying to bring your pregnant wife to the hospital, because Dublin has been turned into a carpark, will you?

Spoiler alert: will you fcuk.

Because I guarantee you, the people doing the protesting now would be calling for heads on spikes if they couldn't get the fuel they need to do their job. Every single one of the leaders involved in this nonsense would be looking for the Guards to start kicking heads in, if a load of asylum seekers blockaded anything as a form of protest.

Mé féiners, every single one of them. They don't give a rats about anyone, bar their bank manager.

Those who work with their hands? Like…..typists?

Or do you mean all the builders, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, doctors, labourers, cleaners, forklift drivers, warehouse operatives, scaffolders, mechanics and fitters who were stuck in traffic while the 'people on the brink of bankruptcy' parked their 250k vehicles in Dublin for a week? I'd wager there are more manual labourers in Dublin than the rest of the country combined.

There is no snobbery towards people who work with their hands. One could easily accuse you (and all rural folk, by association) of having a chip on your shoulder with regards to city-dwellers, but, as is the case with your own ill-informed nonsense, it is worthless when I provide SFA to back it up.

Any one think of any opposition party who have come out in support of curtailing the scope for both planning objections and judicial reviews in relation to housing development, transport infrastructure, energy generation, national grid development (etc. etc)? And can anyone point to any constituency politician of any party who has not supported at least some such objections in their own constituency?

The amount of abuse and hate towards guards is frightening.

People calling them out for not ringing in sick 🙄 Sweet Jesus the mentality of people

Can you imagine some of them involved in lets say a domestic abuse situation and calling the guards just to be told no sorry they all rang in sick today 😂

At least some on the left seem to be prepared to call out what's going on.

Ireland’s far-right movement will emerge from the ‘breakfast roll-atariat’ – The Irish Times

Fuel protests: Blockades were not anticipated, Taoiseach says; gardaí advise extra travel time – The Irish Times

Owen Reidy, the general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, has claimed there is a “hierarchy of rights” in the State, Vivienne Clarke reports.

“When trade unions take industrial action, we have to ballot for action, we have to serve seven days’ notice. If we don’t do that, we can be injuncted. It seems farmers and small business people can do whatever they want. So we’re not going to tolerate that any more,” he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland. It seems that if you shout the loudest, you succeed. This isn’t just last week. We’ve seen this with the hospitality sector, where they effectively shook the Government down for a reduction in VAT that’s not necessary. It’s not going to protect any jobs. It’s just going to increase the profits of that industry. And last week, we’ve heard of ordinary decent people mounting blockades. Now, I remember when ordinary decent people who are members of Mandate Trade Union protested when Debenhams left them high and dry. I remember pictures of gardaí carrying women away from a protest because they breached Covid rules. There’s a hierarchy of rights in the State.”

Blindspots abound.

The amount of AI slop that's been posted in support of the protestors this past week

Cork Matters (Edited to correct source) posts about the Garda statement on the driver with the slurry tanker, accompanied by an AI image (shoddy journalism 100%)

They're all losing their minds in the comments about AI and fake news

sigh.

So TD secretary's will be bombarded with crap emails to delete.

Not defending Cork Beo as it is click bait shite but is this not an imitation Cork Matters?

You've hit the nail on the head!

By "supporting them" maybe he meant buying stuff from the back of vans?

Insanity is using every post to pump out negativity without thinking things through.

You jumped to a conclusion. I live in Dublin. No chip on the shoulder, im pointing out the hypocrisy and over the top language. The same people who normally feel it is not socially acceptable to criticise or judge any group in society suddenly threw off the shackles and let rip.

Posters on here were foaming at the mouth all weekend calling protesters stupid and knuckle draggers. Jim O Callaghan's contribution is that they are all gullible, taking instruction from Conor McGregor and MAGA. Then the Irish Times uses a lazy trope about breakfast rolls.

I think the blockades went too far, but at the same time i welcome Irish people waking up and not being so passive. We have a weak government and a pathetic opposition. Government expenditure is up 50% in six years but its hard to see any real benefit. They keep coming back for more tax and then squander it.