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[Declan Ganley @declanganley]

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

[Michael McCarthy @punishablepress]

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

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

Here, here 🙌🫶

[SnDMedia @SnDMediaNews]

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.

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@Jskehill01 Come down out of the clouds Skehill, never was!

[Paul Bissonnette @BizNasty2point0]

The Bills got fucked.

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@RyderCupEurope @JonRahmOfficial Some hurling from strakatak on the back 9! Well earned wiener schnitzel tonight 💯

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@RAYthorpeSA Sold out already 😬

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

In Australia, the captain of this football team went into the stands after his team won the championship to get their waterboy, who has Down's Syndrome, so they could celebrate together.

[Louise Burne @louiseburne_]

I'm the journalist Ruth is talking about

We decry when things like this happen in the US. You can agree or disagree with people, but we have a free press in this country and I'll defend any Press Council members' right to ask politicians questions

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@PFNicholls @AintreeRaces @CobdenHarry What a horse! Get up the Potter 🏇

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@racingblogger Feel your pain Bloggs! Couldn't believe seeing Bolinger rallying over the last 💔

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

Slumdog Asylum Millionaire. 🚨 🚨 🚨

How does an Indian man living in asylum accommodation get awarded millions in State Contracts?

How is he able to finance the purchase of hotels & mansions? while also owing €150k+ in judgments to Revenue! ..🧵

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@AFTVMedia Come to AFTV for the brand new fresh, never seen excuses 😅

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@racingblogger @Arsenal Stokealona

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@racingblogger Juve conceding in the 94th minute letting down a 6 leg accum! The Italian Spurs these days

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@racingblogger Libpool top of the league 🙌

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@racingblogger Bloggsy buying money! What a dog 🐕

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

@Nick_Delehanty @McNamaraMEP Best of luck Nick, hope you get in 👍

[Dick Moylan @MoylanRichard]

Fair play to this woman calling out Rodney on all his lies!

[MichaeloKeeffe @Mick_O_Keeffe]

🚨 JUST IN!

Green Party Leader and Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman called to a voters house today and lied straight to her face.

Share this everywhere!

This man cannot be allowed to assume any political office ever again!