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A 51-year-old businessman received a two-month suspended sentence and a €1500 fine for causing an obstruction by climbing an oil tanker at Whitegate Refinery during fuel protests.
Petroleum supplies resumed from the Whitegate refinery in County Cork, Ireland, on Sunday, following the conclusion of a multi-day protest at the key oil site. The blockade involved pepper spray, megaphones, and jostling before it was resolved.
The fuel protests have shown us two things that have heightened the tension behind the issues.
Ivor Sweeney, 51, a fuel protester, has been charged after climbing on top of a tanker during a blockade at the Whitegate refinery, causing a traffic obstruction.
Units of the Irish Defence Forces have been deployed at the Whitegate refinery, where a public order unit reportedly used pepper spray during an incident. New details are emerging regarding government supports related to the situation.
Around half of Ireland's fuel supplies are currently inaccessible due to ongoing protests at terminals and the Whitegate refinery, prompting calls for government intervention from Fuels For Ireland.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with multiple counts of dangerous driving following an incident near the Whitegate oil refinery in Cork, Ireland. The charges stem from an event that occurred during a fuel protest, with supporters cheering him outside court.
Dozens of officers from Cork, Kerry and Limerick arrived in the village of Whitegate but the impasse remained