US EditionIrish police move to break blockade of oil refinery by protesters angry at fuel prices
Police used a heavy-lift recovery truck as about 600 of Ireland’s 1,500 filling stations ran dry, officials said.
- Protesters have blockaded Ireland's Whitegate oil refinery and key depots in Galway and Foynes for five days, causing major fuel shortages and transport disruptions nationwide.
- About 600 out of 1,500 filling stations in Ireland have run dry, and Fuels for Ireland warns that fuel availability cannot be guaranteed if blockades continue past Monday.
- The Government has engaged with protest groups and plans substantive fuel cost measures, but talks continue amid protesters' exclusion and ongoing blockades.
- An Garda Síochána declared an exceptional event with Defence Forces on standby to remove the blockades, while Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the situation unconscionable and warned Ireland may have to turn oil away.
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Ireland to slash fuel taxes in effort to quell unrest over rising gas prices
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Sunday that his government will offer new fuel tax cuts to try to end crippling protests over soaring gas costs, though he slammed the tactics of farmers and truckers who had blocked access to the nation's only oil refinery and several depots.
Irish farmers and road drivers have been carrying out actions since the beginning of the week to denounce the rise in fuel prices. Ports and oil depots have been targeted by blockages. Law enforcement officials intervened on Saturday to dislodge demonstrators present in the country's only refinery. - Blockages, demonstrations... Ireland faced with protests against the rise in fuel prices (International).
Police used pepper spray to disperse protesters on Saturday, while soldiers used heavy equipment to clear trucks and tractors that had blocked the road to Ireland's only oil refinery. Irish authorities intervened at the Whitegate refinery in County Cork - the country's main petrol and diesel supply hub - after panic buying left hundreds of petrol stations across the country running out of fuel. Farmers and hauliers have been blocking tankers fro…
Protests against soaring fuel prices are entering their fifth day in Ireland. Police have begun dispersing protesters and are working to remove blockades to reopen a refinery.
Farmers and truckers protested fuel prices. Irish police and the army conducted an operation to unblock the country's only oil refinery. Security forces used riot gear and pushed back protesters who had blocked access to the refinery due to high fuel prices, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing POLITICO. Read also: First three supertankers transited the Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran ceasefire Clashes erupted near the Whitegate refinery in County Cork, …
Irish police chief denounces oil refinery blockade
Illegal activity by fuel protesters is "endangering the state", Irish police chief Justin Kelly said Saturday, as public order units were deployed to clear people blockading an oil refinery. Garda Commissioner Kelly told reporters the blockading of "critical national infrastructure such as fuel depots and refineries" had "resulted in fuel shortages that are directly impacting on emergency services such as hospitals, the ambulance service, and th…
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