Taking here now with ‘Justin’, a local Galway City man who has joined the protest this evening at Galway Port. Have a listen, he speaks for many #FuelProtest
They take more money from fuel than it costs to produce it.
They could end the protest tomorrow by reducing the costs they unfairly place on you.
#fuelprotest
Fuel Crisis Meeting in Manorhamilton Erupts as Speaker Sums Up National Frustration
Hundreds of locals packed Bee Park Community Centre in Manorhamilton this evening for an emergency public meeting on Ireland’s spiralling fuel costs, the latest in a series of grassroots gatherings highlighting the anger of farmers, hauliers, contractors and ordinary motorists.
Organised amid mounting pressure on the government to tackle diesel and petrol prices, the Leitrim event followed a similarly packed meeting in Portlaoise last weekend that drew more than 400 people demanding immediate relief.
The mood was raw and determined. Attendees voiced fears that rising fuel bills are pushing rural businesses and families to breaking point, with many blaming the carbon tax and what they see as a disconnect between Dublin policymakers and the realities of life outside the capital.
Christopher Duffy, a vocal campaigner who has helped organise the meetings, took the microphone and delivered what many in the room described as a powerful summary of the frustration felt across Ireland. In a speech captured on video and widely shared on social media, Duffy told the crowd:
“We have a government that will wave any flag bar the Irish flag. They’re waving free Palestine flags-by the time we’re finished they will be waving free Dublin flags. We’re locking her down.”
His words drew strong applause and nods of agreement from the audience, many of them men in work jackets and hi-vis vests who had come straight from farms, trucks or building sites. The reference to “locking her down” was understood by those present as a call for coordinated protest action, potentially bringing parts of Dublin or key infrastructure to a standstill, if the government fails to act.
The meeting, which had been publicised in the days leading up to Easter weekend, was one of the final planned gatherings in the current wave of fuel protests. Organisers had urged hauliers, contractors and motorists from across the northwest to attend and “have their say”.
Similar events in recent weeks have seen growing numbers turning out, with speakers repeatedly calling for the immediate suspension or removal of the carbon tax on fuel to protect jobs and keep rural Ireland moving. Campaigners argue that without urgent intervention, small farms and transport businesses face collapse.
As the meeting ended, the message from Manorhamilton rang out loud and clear: Ireland’s fuel crisis has reached boiling point. Ordinary citizens are no longer prepared to stay silent. Final plans are now being prepared for Tuesday’s national shutdown.
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