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Fuel Protests Disrupt Ireland as over a Third of Service Stations Run Dry
Fuels for Ireland said about 600 of 1,600 stations are dry as police and the military prepare to clear blockades.
- On Saturday, around 600 of Ireland's 1,600 service stations were out of fuel as truck and tractor drivers staged a fifth day of blockades at the country's sole fuel refinery and several depots.
- Protests began on Tuesday with truckers and farmers demanding fuel price caps, though the Government had approved excise tax reductions and rebate measures two weeks ago to ease costs.
- Fuels for Ireland Chief Executive Kevin McPartlan warned the shortage "will grow quite dramatically" if blockades persist at the three main supply facilities, threatening fuel availability nationwide.
- Garda Siochana launched an operation at Whitegate Refinery to ensure critical supplies reach emergency services, including Ambulance and Fire Services, as authorities worked to restore normal fuel distribution.
- Prime Minister Micheál Martin blamed global fuel shortages tied to Middle East conflicts, while Justice Minister Jim O Callaghan alleged that outside agitators were manipulating demonstrators to damage the country.
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Trucks and tractors continued to block access to vital fuel depots and a major port, and vehicles clogging traffic led to closures of part of the main highway around Dublin, as well as sections of other major roadways.
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Protesters demanding the Irish government slash punishing taxes on fuel, which they say have made global price spikes unbearable for farmers and truckers, are successfully starving the country of fuel, bringing the crisis down to who will blink first in a battle of wills in Dublin. Ireland is facing a "very dangerous economic moment" as days-long blockades of the nation's only refinery and depots have seen the Republic on the brink of running ou…
Due to the blockades, approximately one-third of the gas stations have run out of fuel.
In Ireland, major protests are causing an acute fuel crisis. According to Kevin McPartlan, CEO of Fuels for Ireland, approximately six hundred of the 1,500 service stations are out of fuel due to the blockades. The protesters are furious about a diesel price increase of more than 20 percent.
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