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@Blue_Collar2 @Olegmih @Mick_O_Keeffe The government are getting more in tax the higher the price of oil goes. They are literally profiting from the pain the general public are feeling from the fuel prices.

@Olegmih @Mick_O_Keeffe You fucking halfwit. Over 50% of the cost is still tax and vat. The government still gets there money while everyone else is struggling. Use ur fucking head

🚨🇮🇪 More disturbing footage of garda aggression towards protestors in Cork is beginning to emerge. These people aren't fit to wear the garda uniform, they are nothing but thugs.

@EO_Halloran Sometimes it takes a short sharp shock for the necessary action to be taken for long term benefit for all. Government policies are making the people living in Ireland worse off. Cost of accommodation, energy and food are all at unaffordable levels even for those on decent wages

Not sure how people who understand and support the protests can accept these protests not allowing fuel into the country This will cause a week long price aftershock at least and by that time the global oil shortage will have gotten worse This does not help ordinary people

@1pjrooney @paddycosgrave Plenty of TDs in government who have defaulted on tax down the years.

@paddycosgrave I’d be very surprised if any hauler or farmer in the whole of Ireland hasn’t had default at one point or another. Heavily loaned to banks just trying to survive

The Irish Times and RTE published - line for line - four entirely identical paragraphs - in a row - about a fuel protestor. Are our media independent of each other or just part of a singular propaganda arm of Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael?

@CillianMcDonag4 @HallisseyAdam It’s almost like they all got the same memo telling them what to tweet.

@HallisseyAdam Leftys unite

Fuel protest organiser had tax judgments of €550,000 and was convicted of cruelty after 60 cattle died on farm | Irish Independent independent.ie/irish-news/fue…

@cellah26bsky @DarranMarshall Amusing how the government are happy to be propped up by a certain Michael Lowery…

@DarranMarshall Amusing, how many people commenting how don't care about this man.....

Fuel protest organiser had tax judgments of €550,000 and was convicted of cruelty after 60 cattle died on farm independent.ie/irish-news/fue…

@SK_00001 You’re right they should be using a 25 year old 1.1l Fiesta with a towbar. The opulence on show is sickening.

BTW, a new Scania tractor unit will be somewhere in the range of €130-€180,000 (more if higher spec). So with the trailers Beirne has well over €0.5m in equipment sitting there in that picture. Thats not a struggling business. Thats a rent seeker.

@EO_Halloran Well they are not doing a great job with helping prevent them from going under.

Its extremely hard not to sound condescending explaining to people that the government doesn't actually want all businesses to collapse and go under from fuel prices Even by their own logic, why would a government want to crash their own economy and make itself poorer?

@ProfPatOConnor @MichealMartinTD Very poor take in fairness. They are not rocking up to the casinos of Monaco in these “large expensive modes of transport” these are specialist work equipment designed to do very specific jobs and yes they cost a lot of money which they have paid VRT and VAT on.

Does anyone believe that the holding of the country to ransom by those who have large expensive modes of transport is REALLY about the price of petrol/diesel?? The triumph of might over everyone else’s lives/health … @MichealMartinTD

@FineGael €4m a day or €28m a week in supports. That is amazing. There has been an increase of €40m a week in the tax take on fuel since the crisis started. That’s €12m extra, per week.

The Government is spending nearly €4 million a day on helping people - and we will do more. There is no truth to opposition claims that the Government is making money from this crisis.

@Craig24233178 @Animalww26 Do they euthanise footballers if they brake a leg? 😳

@Animalww26 Absolute nonsense!!! If a footballer breaks his leg. Should we ban football? If a wrestler breaks his arm. Should we ban wrestling? If an athlete suffers an injury doing what they love should we ban that sport? These horses are after all looked after in the best way imaginable!

RIP Gold Dancer. This horse broke his back on the last jump, jockey and animal abuser Paul Townend then forced and whipped the horse over the finish with a BROKEN BACK to finish 1st. The horse was killed. Should have been the jockey. #Aintree #horseracing #RIP #Golddancer

@Independent_ie @Independent_ie now do this guy who is propping up the government.

Fuel protest organiser had tax judgments of €550,000 and was convicted of cruelty after 60 cattle died on farm buff.ly/PtD8KrA

@scesilva @JohnOBrennan2 They could set a value they get per litre no matter the price of oil. If the oil price drops they get a little extra if the price goes up they still get their cut but the public and businesses don’t get screwed.

@JohnOBrennan2 How? The budget assumes a certain tax revenue from fuels that is related to a fixed assume oil barrel price. Adjusting the tax to bring to a near-0 net gain to the government doesn’t affect the budget assumes long as the income keeps within the budget projections.

The Minister is right. Public expenditure has increased dramatically and this kind of move would add billions more. It should not happen.

@niallwhelan89 @seidodge Could work but imagine getting planning permission and how much you’d have to pay residents behind the Hill.

@seidodge Could make it look like this

You can see why it’s not being used in the picture

@davidfahy15 @Toibin1 I’m not saying remove Carbon per se but surely they shouldn’t be charging VAT on the carbon tax? They are taxing a tax!!

@MarkPL @Toibin1 Spain wanted to reduce the overall rate of VAT on fuel and EU told them no. If they won’t allow a VAT reduction do you think they will allow removal of Carbon Tax?

This is the price of petrol and diesel in Spain. The government is the cause of the fuel crisis in Ireland. fuel-prices.eu/Spain/

@iRonnnnie @EwanMacKenna The general public and especially middle earners get very little value for the amount of tax paid.

@EwanMacKenna What fucking use are our taxes if I still have to pay for my bins, power, NCT, car tax, fuel levies, broadband, doctors trips, public transport is expensive and shite, what the fuck do I, living in Laois, get for all these expenses.

This won't be popular but Irish taxes on fuel aren't out of line with many EU countries. You can disagree with the amount, sure, I do, but we aren't some crazy outlier.

@EwanMacKenna @chevstein @Rubicon_ie @realDonaldTrump Ireland had serious cost of living issues before the Trump/Israel war on Iran. The war has just hastened it getting to where it was heading. Gov were slowly boiling the frog and Trump just threw Petrol on the fire.

@chevstein @Rubicon_ie @realDonaldTrump They did. I am not defending this government but the latest inflation is on Trump and Israel.

@eoinmauricedaly I think you find members of the current government with far worse relationships with Revenue.

Oh m.independent.ie/irish-news/fue…

Man you never heard of claims to speak for you

@Farrell86O @Caithlin_mully The only other places you see them tractors are parked outside the casinos in Monaco or on the streets of Dubai. Crazy stuff, those gaming Contractors are so out of touch with the common man on the street.

@Caithlin_mully The tractor at the head of the protest on O’Connell st.

If you want to get people onside, double the length of the commute home for people by blocking the road with you’re €160,000 tractor.

@d1052541 @Toibin1 Jesus, that’s only 2hrs less than the average waiting time in UHL A&E!!

@Toibin1 Do you condone this ? What is happening is an abuse of the right to protest.

Visited the protest on O'Connell St trying to help find a solution. It is unbelievable that the gov has escalated this protest to where fuel is running out on forecourts across the county. Mícheal Martin, pick up the phone, organise a meeting & let these people go home.

@PaulOBr30272797 @TonightVMTV Unfortunately sometimes things need to get worse before they get better. The Iran war has both exasperated and put a microscope on serious problems already impacting this country that the government have had their head in the sand about.

@TonightVMTV So his solution is to make matters worse for other businesses and people by blocking oil deliveries. No sympathy for these protesters.

The "majority of people" protesting are business people and understand how business works, says James Geoghegan - Agricultural contractor and protester #TonightVMTV