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Ireland inc. Right-Libertarian; Integrity; Efficiency; Value; Do right by the people.





It is essential that people can freely go about their business and that critical supple chains including for fuel are allowed to function properly. @SimonHarrisTD expects to make significant progress in the coming hours on the very significant challenges that people are facing.





There is a very obvious Sinn Fein takeover of the protest happening today. The Gardai came in and cleansed the protest so Sinn Fein could come in and take it over.

🇮🇪🚨 Reminder that all 30 Sinn Féin TDs [MPs] voted in favour of ever increasing carbon taxes 💰⬇️ 🇪🇺 In fact the majority of the so-called opposition did along with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. #FuelProtest 🚜 🚛 🇮🇪

The protests in Ireland are not about just fuel! They are about the distance between Ireland on this graph and every other modern and developed economy. Ireland is second wealthiest but gets waaaaay less than any other country for that wealth. By a golden mile. That visual gap in this graph? That’s what people are protesting. It’s a lack of infrastructure and the everyday enshittification of services, the economy, and the additional difficulty of trying to live, relative to peers in any other country. It also highlights why people don’t get uniformly listened to! - because there is no government architecture to engage meaningfully across this huge gap. That gap is a three hour drive to work in traffic, a 14 month wait for an MRI, buses that don’t arrive, trains that don’t exist, schools that have no places for your kids, houses that are unaffordable, pubs that close before midnight, €12 sandwiches, expensive fuel. People feel this gap, even if they can’t explain it precisely. And that builds into resentment, and ultimately protest. Fuel just happened to be the next thing that could be pointed to, today.



I had a busy day today, but I finally made it up to O'Connell Street to meet with the protesters for Day 5. It was great to see some familiar faces from Meath, Cavan, and Louth. I had a wee chat with James Geoghegan. I hope he is well compensated by the media for defaming him. The atmosphere there is great: Gardaí on the ground are pleasant, and traffic is flowing—only O'Connell Street is blocked. Traffic on the Quays is flowing too. Hopefully, this government will put an end to these countrywide protests tomorrow with a package that benefits everyone. Keep it peaceful. #FuelProtests #MakeWorkPay

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Fuel Protest spokesman responds to over 300 Gardai taking O’Connell Street by force around 3 AM and shutting off all street access.








