- Gardaí have warned of possible road blocks to Dublin Airport and the Port Tunnel.
- Protesters told gardaí that the disruption may begin at 6.30am.
- Multiple vehicles have remained overnight on roads in Dublin city centre.
- Demonstrators driving tractors lorries and trucks formed slow-moving convoys in a number of counties yesterday.
- The green Luas line suspended in the city centre from around 8pm as a result of a protest march blocking the tracks at O’Connell Bridge.
Reports on Thursday morning suggest the M1 southbound at Junctions 5 and 6 at Balbriggan is blocked, which is one of the main access routes for Dublin Airport.
Previously Dublin Airport said it was not directly impacted as widespread fuel protests enter their third day, though public transport to the airport was being affected by the city centre disruption and on the M50.
Gardaí have warned of possible road blocks to Dublin Airport and the Port Tunnel as fuel price protests cause a second day of disruption on roads.
Protesters told gardaí that the disruption will begin at 6.30am. Multiple vehicles have remained overnight on roads in Dublin city centre. Demonstrators driving tractors lorries and trucks formed slow-moving convoys in a number of counties yesterday. Several of the convoys converged on Dublin city centre and a rally took place on O’Connell Street at 3pm.
Public transport experienced disruption in Dublin with the green Luas line suspended in the city centre from around 8pm as a result of a protest march blocking the tracks at O’Connell Bridge. Dublin Bus services experienced severe disruption in the city centre. Gardaí reported slow-moving convoys and traffic delays on the M8 in Co Tipperary and on the M18 in Co Clare.
James Geoghegan shared “28 different protests had taken place across the country.”
Tánaiste Simon Harris shared “Everyone has a right to protest in a democracy, 100pc no doubt about that, but I would also just say these aren’t consequence-free actions.”
Tánaiste Simon Harris shared “We shouldn’t pit sectors against sectors. This is a moment of national challenge, and no one sector is more important than the other, and we have to work through this.”
