@KillianM2 They successfully organised the largest protest this country has ever seen which has now turned into a historical national movement.
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Greg
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These fellas thought they could take on the Irish army, they can't even take on a radio interview.
NewstalkFM@NewstalkFM
Fuel protest spokesperson: "Nobody knows what the plan is... this protest is out of my hands". ⛽🚫Have the fuel protests gotten out of control? Anton speaks with John Dallon, Kildare farmer and protest spokesperson.
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Further actions on the way to help consumers, workers and entrepreneurs with the price of fuel⛽️
Coordination ongoing with the European Commission 🇮🇪🇪🇺
RTÉ News@rtenews
The Irish Government is looking for a range of flexibilities under EU law in order to help tackle the fuel crisis, RTÉ News understands rte.ie/news/2026/0413…
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@Independent_ie The money won't "run out". The IPAS scam and the billions we waste every year on it needs to end.
Can you cover the enormous wastage on IPAS spending @MaryERegan?
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Mary Regan: Government concedes at eleventh hour to quell a political crisis, but what happens when the money runs out? buff.ly/uzWH2P2
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@CorkBuachaill @Franciscooney96 They can't move away from diesel.
Electric tractors are not suitable for heavy farming work.
Their weight causes soil compaction and they can only operate for a few hours which is useless when you need to work 10-16 hours/day.
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€600 a day worth of fuel for one tractor, that’s insane. Also mentions of their usual prices doubling, prices are out of control.
#fuelprotest #farmers #dublin #cork #ireland #awareness
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@TadghMurphy10 These "dumb cunts" put food on your table and allow you to eat.
Prices of green diesel are available online if you want to have a look. Currently €1.70-€1.80/litre.
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@Independent_ie There was nothing proportionate about using significant violence against peaceful protestors. They used pepper spray on children and eldery and violently dragged farmers out of their tractors and viciously kicked them in the head while they were on the ground.
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The Irish Independent’s View: Proportionate response by gardaí to blockades was correct approach buff.ly/LD8JjLx
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@Seanio1234 @poiginigreine The Irish Government charge 65% tax on fuel sold in Ireland.
Trump does not control the tax charged on fuel sold in Ireland.
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@poiginigreine Your company fuel has increased €600 per week because of Trump though.
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What about the rest of us?
My company has 12 vans on the road and paying nearly €2k per week for fuel. We’re not in the haulage or agri-food sector but we have 85+ employees and subcontractors who still have to get to work and it’s becoming unaffordable for them to do so.
RTÉ News@rtenews
The Government is announcing a new package of supports for hauliers, farmers and the agri-food sector following nationwide fuel protests | Watch and follow live rte.ie/news/2026/0412…
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@businessposthq The EU is not fit for purpose. It needs to allow member states to react immediately to emergencies and keep vital sectors of their economy going.
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EU to recommend lowering energy taxes and power grid charges businesspost.ie/politics/eu-to…
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@thejournal_ie But what about the people who will be unable to get to hospital and will be unable to get life saving treatment? How dare they strike, inconveniencing people and putting lives at risk!
This strike is wrong and not a legitimate form of strike.
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SIPTU has notified the National Ambulance Service (NAS) of its intention to conduct strike action next month.
jrnl.ie/7011648
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@IrishTimes But what about the people who will be unable to get to hospital and will be unable to get life saving treatment? How dare they strike, inconveniencing people and putting lives at risk!
This strike is wrong and not a legitimate form of strike.
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More than 2,000 frontline ambulance staff set to strike over pay irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/0…
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@TGorrySolicitor This is old news, Terry.
He cleared up the unfounded accusations and is taking a defamation case against the media who published this.
Try to keep up.
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Fuel protests leader James Geoghegan pursued by Revenue for debts totalling almost €550,000
irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/0…
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I can’t stand this abuse to the Gardai
In all honesty, what are they supposed to do?
& if the same ones giving them dogs abuse had PETA or climate activists blockading their farms & premises then they’d expect the Gardai to move them on to let them get on with their business
The Irish Politics Newsletter@TullMcAdoo
Lads giving out to the gardai that they pay their wages while shutting the country down and looking for a bailout from the Irish taxpayers is very Irish.
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@PowerMumbo @LadyK62671 @MichealLehane It was absolutely peaceful, there was no violence at all at any protest across the country. Funnily enough Gardaí used significant violence on the peaceful protestors. They pepper sprayed children and elderly and were videoed visciously dragging and kicking a farmer in the head.
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@LadyK62671 @MichealLehane Seeet holy god that’s completely daft! Peaceful?
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Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan is said to be facing strong criticism at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting.
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The Irish Government is looking for a range of flexibilities under EU law in order to help tackle the fuel crisis, RTÉ News understands rte.ie/news/2026/0413…
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@IrishTimes They can end the horrendous IPAS scam and save billions every year. Why won't they do that? Why do we let them away with wasting enormous amounts of tax payers money?
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Fuel protests: Government to raid exchequer surplus for €505m support package irishtimes.com/politics/2026/…
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Poll: What do you think of the €505m fuel supports package? jrnl.ie/7011151
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@thejournal_ie Incorrect, many businesses publicly announced they were closing for today.
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A 'national strike' over the price of fuel has failed to materialise so far, despite calls from far-right groups and some protesters
jrnl.ie/7011175t
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@thejournal_ie Electric tractors are far too heavy to work in fields as they compact the soil.
They also only run for a few hours under load which is useless when you need to work for 12-16 hours a day.
Diesel is the future of farming, there is no alternative.
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Micheál Martin previously said electric tractors are the future of farming, but according to Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon, they're still "a good bit off" from becoming a feature of Irish farming.
jrnl.ie/7011296
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@planetofdub @Daithai333 @rtenews The chargers are not installed and thr buses are not in service
thejournal.ie/over-130-elect…
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@grhark @Daithai333 @rtenews All chargers⚡️ installed, all buses⚡️ in service, saving DB €27M* a year in diesel. Scandalous!
*2022 DB Annual Report
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has accused Opposition parties of supporting the blockade of ports and the country's only oil refinery last week which almost led to a scarcity of fuel in the country
rte.ie/news/politics/…
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@kilogolfsierra @JessLennox80 @rtenews There was plenty of fuel already in depots. Tankers couldn't offload because depots were full.
Thankfully supply has mostly returned to normal and big changes are on their way tomorrow.
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@grhark @JessLennox80 @rtenews No it wasn't. Tankers that couldn't offload would leave. We'd have been out of fuel by yesterday evening. Getting further supplies could take weeks
Even 1 day without fuel would be disastrous. Everything in Rosslare would rot or return to origin. We were held hostage. Illegally.
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John Dallon, one of the leaders of the fuel price protest in Dublin, has said that protesters will "close the country down" if necessary and were willing to stay in the capital for up to a month | Follow updates
rte.ie/news/2026/0410…
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