Irish Fuel Protesters Face Court Over Dangerous Driving Allegations
Fuel price protesters in Ireland have appeared in court facing charges of alleged dangerous driving during demonstrations on the M1 motorway in Co Louth. The protests highlight ongoing public discontent over fuel costs.
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On the streets of Dublin I met fuel protesters and the people who support them – yet our leaders still don’t get it | Caelainn Hogan
The Iran war has exposed the country’s reliance on fossil fuels – and its wilful neglect of people’s basic needs Up in the driver’s seat of a lime green CLAAS tractor, a young man called Dylan told me he was the second tractor to arrive on O’Connell Street, Dublin’s main street, for fuel protests that would bring Ireland to a standstill for nearly a week. The tractor in front of him, belonging to his boss, had a sign warning “No Farms, No Food”. The 19-year-old agricultural contract worker sa...
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Garda resources deployed at court sitting in Drogheda, though not required, as accused men left to applause from small crowd
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