Anita Byrne 🇮🇪I’ve been out of the country on holidays for a few days. Back tomorrow.
Can someone tell me who organised the protests in Dublin and what are they actually protesting about?
Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ@Anitambyrne They're frantic because as farmers and hauliers the price of fuel means that their livelihood is threatened - hauliers simply because fuel is too expensive; eg the price of a coach tour from Dublin to the Burren - the farmers because the cost of their fertiliser, etc is soaring, as well as the cost of using farm machinery
Colman Reilly@sinabhfuil @Anitambyrne except for the anti-immigrant talk and the climate change deniers and the far right hangers on.
@Colman @Anitambyrne Oh among the connecting truckies and farmboys? Thought you were saying me and I was a tad puzzled
Ciarán Ferrie@sinabhfuil @Colman @Anitambyrne Yes, the protests have been orchestrated by anti-immigrant far right elements who are exploiting the dissatisfaction felt by those who are hit hardest by the fuel price increases. AFAIK the IRHA, IFA and other groups have distanced themselves from the protests.
Lucy Weir@ccferrie @sinabhfuil @Colman @Anitambyrne ironic that they’re protesting lack of fuel which they’re blocking from allowing to enter the system.