Irish hauliers are protesting in Dublin city for the second time in weeks to protest rising fuel prices and carbon taxes, which they told Gript is “government-driven.”
The organisers, who call themselves the Irish Truckers Haulage Association Against Fuel Prices, are primarily calling for “lower fuel costs at the pump and at home.”
Protesters say they are being “forced off the roads by high fuel prices,” which they say is “unfair.”
Promenade road is blocked one way as hauliers protest at Dublin Port. @rtenews #truckersprotest pic.twitter.com/IUjHnCBkUM
— Stuart Halligan (@stuarthalligan) December 13, 2021
Snapshot of the congestion at Dublin Port because of the hauliers’ protest. Live: Dublin Port tunnel south bore closed as truckers protest over high fuel prices
via The Irish Timeshttps://t.co/9ZNJnQo5yb pic.twitter.com/E2CengQthK— Ronan McGreevy (@RMcGreevy1301) December 13, 2021
Gript previously interviewed truckers when they came to Dublin in late November. They were critical of Transport Minister Eamon Ryan, who they said was “only interested in putting people off the road.”
Irish truck drivers shut down several streets in Dublin city to protest high fuel prices, which they say threatens their job. One told Gript that the prices are inflated by green policies and are "government-driven." #gripthttps://t.co/rD98hlQrRF pic.twitter.com/C3HGi9Y2ed
— gript (@griptmedia) November 24, 2021
“If we don’t come out and deliver every morning, there’s nothing in the shop for you to buy, nothing for you to eat. And that’s why we’re out here today…
“It wasn’t too long ago during the pandemic that we were seen as key or essential workers. And yet now we’re being forced off the road by high fuel prices.”
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