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LAST UPDATE | 24 Nov 2021
A CONVOY OF hauliers caused major traffic disruption around Dublin today as part of a protest to demand that the government lowers the cost of fuel.
A new group under the name Irish Truckers and Haulage Association Against Fuel Prices mobilised commercial vehicles to travel to Kildare Street in the city centre early this morning.
At the protest – which is spread across several locations in the city centre – demonstrators indicated that slow-moving protests would continue to take place on major roads around Dublin throughout much of the day.
The group, organising on a social media page set up in October, asked commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, tractors and vans to drive to Dublin to call for lower fuel prices.
The convoys met at various locations off the M1, M2, M3, M4, M7 and M11, and there was significant delays on routes around the capital as the demonstration slowly travelled along the main arteries into the city.
Several streets in Dublin city centre have been completely blocked off by Gardaí, including Kildare Street, Merrion Street upper and Merrion Square West.
The M50 was busier than usual late into the morning today due to the knock-on effects of the protest. Users reported crawling traffic across most of the busy ring-road and near-gridlock traffic approaching many of the junctions, heading in both directions.
In the city centre, the protesters parked trucks on several streets close to Leinster House and Government Buildings.
Pat Russell, a haulier based in Clondalkin, Dublin, was among the gathering on Dawson Street. Russell said the fuel cost increases are driving smaller hauliers out of the business.
“With the bigger haulier, all that’s gonna happen is; the ordinary people, the ordinary working people that’s doing their shopping and everything else, their shopping is going to increase. Double.
The hauliers have to charge extra because of the prices they’re putting on the diesel. So, something has to be done about the diesel.
Another one of the protesters, Paddy Martin from Carrickmacross in Monaghan, said the cost of diesel for two days’ work has gone from €700 to €940.
“That’s for two days. Over a month, what’s that? You’re talking thousands. So, the profit’s gone. Any bit of profit they had at the end of the year is gone now,” Martin said.
Independent TD Richard – who yesterday drove a truck to Leinster House “in protest over the government’s failure to act on the fuel crisis” – addressed one section of the demonstration on Stephen’s Green and called on the Government to subsidise the trucking industry.
“Every person that came here today, men and women that came and drove their trucks here, today are doing this to lower inflation.
“Because [if] the cost of running these trucks goes up. The cost of getting your food to your shops goes up. That’s why they need to be protected,” O’Donoghue said.
At the haulier protest in Dublin, TD Richard O'Donoghue says the government takes €57 out of every €100 worth of petrol sold.
— Céimin Burke (@CeiminB) November 24, 2021
"The cost of running these trucks goes up. The cost of getting your food to your shops goes up. That's why they need to be protected." @thejournal_ie pic.twitter.com/bc7ftBWz8R
The Limerick TD accused the Government of having “no concept” of what it takes to be self-employed and run a business.
He added that it also fails to understand issues that affect people living in rural areas.
“Is there one person on the Cabinet running this country, are they self-employed? They’re not. They’re being led by civil servants. It’s time independent people, people that are self-employed, need to be represented on Cabinet,” he said.
O’Donoghue said that further protests will take place in the future if the Government doesn’t take steps to support the trucking industry.
Gardaí said they will keep the public up-to-date with ongoing traffic situations via their social media profiles.
The group of hauliers previously said it wants to see lower fuel costs and lower taxes, in response to an increase in prices last month.
In a post on social media, the association told drivers joining the protest: “All roads lead to Kildare Street or as far as we can get. When we stop don’t move!”
“Please be as safe as possible and have some consideration for emergency vehicles,” it said.
It asked drivers to “remember this is a peaceful protest, we don’t want any trouble or vigilante groups to act up” and to “stay at home if that’s your plan please”.
Under Budget 2022, the cost of petrol and diesel rose alongside a planned increase in the rate of the carbon tax.
The carbon tax increased another €7.50 to €41 per tonne and is due to continue to rise each year until it reaches €100 per tonne.
Petrol and diesel costs came into effect in October after the Budget announcement, with the price of a litre of each rising by 2.5c and 2.1c respectively.
That equates to around €1.28 extra for a 60-litre tank of petrol or a €1.48 jump for diesel.
The issue of rising fuel costs was raised with the Taoiseach in the Dáil today, with Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald stating that the carbon tax needs to be scrapped.
“It is the wrong move at the wrong time,” she said. She called on the Taoiseach to engage with the EU Commission so as to get a waiver on VAT on energy bills for three months.
Micheál Martin said the fuel cost crisis is being driven by global energy prices right now, stating that the issue is not unique to Ireland.
The Taoiseach said the diesel rebate scheme already offers partial relief to hauliers.
He defended the carbon tax, stating that it is a “very small cost” in the overall scheme of things, adding that bringing it in was “not the popular thing to do” but the right thing to do.
Martin said as regards the VAT reduction, such a move would not be possible as Ireland is already under a special derogation which sets VAT at 13.5% – a 0% rate is not possible, he said.
It cannot be lowered below 12%, he said, and then it would revert back to 23% as Ireland would have opted out of the special derogation plan, he explained.
McDonald said she is well aware that the price of energy is a global phenomena, but said it is the government’s job to respond to the crisis and find solutions.
With reporting by Lauren Boland, Garreth MacNamee, Stephen McDermott and Christina Finn.
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Good luck to them. Government ripping off motorists for long enough.
@Shane McGrath:
This simple case of our carbon promises against OPEC increases…
If government reduce OPEC will increase again. This simple economics.
OPEC will increase to the market price.
@Cowboy Ted: Fairly sure that OPEC don’t set their production targets according to Ireland’s VAT rate Ted…
@Cowboy Ted: Do you actually believe that OPEC are concerned about scam carbon taxes and other levies in Ireland? Seriously? Haaaaaaa.
@Cowboy Ted: there’s no real market price with opec, it’s a cartel.
With the fuel, gas, and electricity price increases, our household is down about €50 a week give or take a euro or two compared to this time last year. Its €50 we won’t be spending elsewhere. Hence shops, restaurants, pubs, cinemas (etc etc) places that are already on their knees will be the first thing that households like my own will start to cut back on. Starting to get the feeling the country is spiralling into a another financial depression. If i had a tin foil hat on i might think FFG are dropping in the polls on purpose, so they can get out of dodge(the dail) before the shizz hits the fan. But thats just crazy talk,, right??? :)
@Gordon Larney: They’ll give themselves another raise or 2 first, sort out a better pension and that they ain’t stupid
@Gordon Larney: its all going downhill in a speed of light
@Gordon Larney: I have a feeling that we’ve hit, in the west, peak consumption. Rising fuel prices, increased taxation to deal with an ageing population, and probably increased interest
rates means that disposable income has probably maximised.
@Gordon Larney: 50 a week is a lot
@Gordon Larney: no tin foil hat needed it sounds plausible if Sinn Fein want it bad enough we’ll give them a poison chalice or a flaming bag of shitz then in following election FFG will sweep in again.
Welcome to the Green just transition. If fuel is too expensive just get out and walk where you want to go or cycle even, it will be much better for your health anyway. This is only the start too, it’s only going to get worse. Diesel, heating oil, electricity all going up so we can look like best in class on the world stage even though it will have zero impact on climate change. We will bring on a massive recession by making our country too expensive to do business in while the rest of the world and biggest polluters laugh at us behind our backs.
@Anthony Guinnessy: I’d like to see how you manage to move 24tonne of goods across the island on a bicycle.
@Anthony Guinnessy: Theres an energy crisis throughout Europe. The increase in carbon tax has a small part to play in the big increase in energy costs for us this winter. Good article explaining whats happening. you’re right though, what we do here will have minimal impact on climate change compared to the big polluters but every bit helps.
@Anthony Guinnessy: lets see how quick you are to complain when the shelves are empty & the hauliers are bringing your food by bicycle
@Louise Farrelly: I think you’ll find that he was being sarcastic.
@barry moore: hahahaha
@Anthony Guinnessy: Not sure what use protesting is. Prices are being driven by OPEC and global climate crisis. Green solutions should focus around infrastructure investment to turn European networks green, subsidies for drivers and hauliers to move to green fleet and penalties against the products in the trucks for not negotiating contracts with green operators. This needs to be EU wide action.
@Lamb: the price per barrel was $50 more than now and yet fuel price is more because of taxes that haven’t made us any greener, has there been any proven green policy that doesn’t just tax you but actually created wealth. I can’t think of any
@Lamb: wonderful ideas but more a bucket list than anything. Diesel is our go to energy for trucks. Emissions wise is cleaner than anything else at euro 6 so it’s already the green part of transport. I’m curious do you have any other suggestions other than stop transporting goods. Would it be more prudent to stop planes flying than trucks driving.
@Mjhint: Diesel is green? You need to talk to Customs. Seriously though, I think hydrogen will replace diesel in the medium term. Looks like Toyota have cracked the range/fuel efficiency issue and that technology needs to applied to other vehicles. We need hydrogen production across Europe and fuel distributors to start kitting out stations. Forget having 80 hydrogen service stations by 2030, we need wider distribution than that. Get Aghada hydrogen production up and running and get subsidies in place for FCEV fleets.
@Lamb: That sounds great for future fleets, but currently hauliers don’t have such options. I can see their difficulty. The more tax they have to pay, the less they are in a financial position to upgrade their vehicle.
@Lamb: diesel in trucks has been unmatched in relation to emissions. Nothing comes close to it yet. Toyota have cracked running engines on it as did Isuzu b4 them. Making and storing and transportation of it is the conundrum. It isn’t the answer yet. Diesel is still here for a good while yet in relation to transport.
@Lamb: 57% of fuel prices goes to the State in taxes. So the State is the biggest conspirator in the problem and a direct contributor to inflation. Start by undoing carbon taxes, and halving all other taxes.
Fair play to them, they’ll probably get a little reduction in fuel price, but it’s already been inflated by so much in the last year that even with a 20c reduction, it is still a huge increase on last years price. Toy shops all do the same this time of year, increase their prices to just reduce them again and the original price but put a 20% reduction sale sign beside it. Ordinary joe thinks “what a bargain/RESULT”.
@Dec Rowe: that’s illegal though
@TomTraubert: doesn’t make a difference.
@Dec Rowe: i love this tactic..seen a tool set recently reduced..it was never the original price displayed
@TomTraubert: Its allowed/legal if its done within a certain time frame, this is why you see a mental pricing up on products in supermarkets for 3/4 weeks, then a 50% off appears.
@Dec Rowe: most toy shops have catalogues with prices included so doubt they can try increasing
We should join them and do what the germans did, the whole lot of them went out and parked their cars in the middle of the streets and said they were moving them there until they lowered the price and they got what they wanted within hours. We’re all very good at moaning in this country but let ourselves be walked all over at the same time. In all my years I’ve only ever seen one good effort at revolting against the government and it was over paying for water… like really? I’ve lost count since that time how many good reasons there was, if not better reasons to take a stand and we done nothing. Same with the toll Bridge, other countries just stopped using them until they were removed. Getting taxis everywhere is nearly cheaper now than owning a car its ridiculous.
@To Mt: You do realise that the image you refer to is false and was actually a traffic jam in China?
Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet.
@Lee King Buckett: I believe you
@Lee King Buckett: in my defence I got that story from irish motoring journalist Bob Flavin but after checking it out youre actually right. Either way I still find it a great idea.
@To Mt: ‘Like really’, would you do politics yourself?
@Paul Mcnevin: yes really, a country full of moaners that never take a stand for anything
@To Mt: Bob is a conspiracy theorist and very prone to not investigating the sources of things he posts depending on how they suit his agenda.
Vote green = more tax
@Vincent Hughes: at least they are doing a fantastic job on the public transport front! Oh wait… Good aul sleepy Eamo. He’s the gift that keeps on giving.
@Vincent Hughes: Nice to see that you’ve been happy with all the taxes and levies you’ve been paying long before the Greens ever existed!!!! Maybe we should be looking at taxes that are designed to help society and not prop up banks, racing, greyhound and insurance industries,, corporations etc…
I feel sorry for all the people that will have journeys delayed be it work, social or medical. They can say what they want about letting medical issues through but if your at back of q not much you can do to get through. Least emergency vehicles can get through all the stuck vehicles with sirens and lights.
Some people have waited months to get an appointment with a specialist or can only go see a relative on a particular day and time in an old folks home or such like. I get why they think a protest like this is the only answer but it’s not. They could try just downing tools for the day instead and bringing disruptions that way.
@Peter: They announced this protest in Oct. People have had plenty of notice to work around it.
@David Corrigan: ah well in that case then of course it’s ok. Some people have only been on a waiting list for over a year and if they try changing the given date they could end up waiting another few months.
@David Corrigan: Blsht. Statement.
@Peter: this is about the price of fuel and supporting the people…your comment is about the HSE not being able to manage their departments or staffing shortages,etc. I’m sorry for your troubles and we support you on that…..show some support here pal
@Peter: Simple solution, plan your journey… There’s more roads in Dublin than just motorways and main routes. Go around.
@Karen ‘Polly’ Johnson: the price of a toxic fuel with toxic exhaust gasses. Tax the fook out of #dirtydiesel and set a date in 5 years time to ban diesel from towns & cities. Filthy fuel causing huge health harm with huge economic cost.
@Peter: I understand that Peter but it’s not impossible to make it to the hospital on time if the trip is planned correctly. Of course, the protest makes things a little more difficult but it’s not a show stopper.
@Karen ‘Polly’ Johnson: I don’t care what they are protesting, I’m not impacted personally. I was referring to others who didn’t know about the protest till last night/ this morning. Added to that if they wanna block roads fine whatever but why block the luas line as well. I see that as a d*ck move.
@David Corrigan: tell that to the people waiting on a luas.
@Dec Rowe: why should anyone be forced to “go around or plan our journey” so the aim of the protest is to disrupt the lives of people travelling to work etc? If they want to protest go do it at the dail, no sympathy for them at all when they impact the people rather than the government. I hope nothing changes for them and they’ve wasted their money on fuel.
@Peter: The daughter of a 92 year old woman contacted the Claire Byrne programme this morning to say that they were on their way to the mother’s hospital appointment but were going to miss it because of the tailback. The mother was in tears and the daughter was stressed. The Gardai should have managed this better. It’s okay to protest and I agree with the hauliers but there’s a human cost to every person who could not go about their lawful business today.
@Gavin Tobin: diesel will be with us for road transport for decades. Emissions for euro 6 trucks still less Emissions than electric trucks. I agree let’s keep trucks out of the cities. The cities however will close down. Are you willing to stop the trains and planes? Far more toxic than euro6 trucks or the ferries as well also diesel powered.
@Mjhint: Don’t know how you can say a truck burning tons of a filthy fuel emits more than a vehicle with zero tailpipe emissions.
Electrification of the goods vehicle fleet will happen more quickly than you think because the economics of high mileage EVs will soundly beat diesel.
Alternatives to diesels becoming mainstream and trains can be electrified or tri-mode for urban parts of journeys. Aircraft probably H2 or synthetic fuels, same for ships.
The future is definitely NOT diesel.
@Peter: We should have an underground line for cities. I’m bored saying it.
@Gavin Tobin: you really need to look into the real cost of producing electric vehicles both financially and environmentally,in particular the enormous battery’s that power them. If you also think that we have the info structure to produce all the extra electricity that we will also need for these vehicles when we are already looking at blackouts due to power station closures then you are living in cloud cuckoo land. We are years away from being able to produce the amount of energy we need cleanly.
@Gordon Larney: “infrastructure” :)
@Gavin Tobin: these are not my claims. OK you claim no tail pipe emissions? True yes in part but we do not have a clean grid. We use fossil fuels to power our grid and wind farms are not carbon neutral. So you claiming the tailpipe analogy is one of deliberate deflection. It shows how little you understand road freight.
@David Corrigan: Leaving two and a half hours earlier than required over a protest which has nothing to do with you.
What difference does the protest make. Oh it tells the government you are angry.
Guess what they know that.
@Gavin Tobin: Have a look at the battery production.
Hauliers make the world go round don’t they?How else would santa happen?
@Paul Gorry: Reindeers!
@Paul Gorry: Electric trucks
@Gavin Tobin: electric reindeer!
@Gavin Tobin: LOL
@Gavin Tobin: do you know how often they would have to stop to recharge, my husband is a truck driver & can drive up to 600km a day, he would spend most of his driving time recharging if they were electric
@Louise Farrelly: The Tesla truck scheduled for early 2023 has an 800km range so he won’t need to charge at all during the day.
@Gavin Tobin: ahahaha you are living on another planet Gavin. Electric truck? LOL? Have you any idea how massive a battery should be to allow a 80000 pound loaded truck to make at least 200 km having to c carry such a load with heating, lights, radio , and all the fancy lights on??
Your electric washing machine would have to be charged every 100km.
You are living in a fantasy world Gavin.
@Lee King Buckett: you obviously do not realise how these official “up to km” work Lee as you are probably not aware.
The official figures are ALWAYS false in real world by at least 20%.
It was tested without carrying any load , without switching on the heating,lights,wipers,radio and 12v sockets.
If add everything up , then it wont make a 100km
@Lee King Buckett: I can’t wait for that so we can have a good laugh. We are decades from an electric truck that replaces our current diesels. Yes there will be certain applications but even gas powered trucks have still not replaced diesel and companies like Scania say their long term investment for the next 25 years is diesel.
@Lee King Buckett: That’s completely inadequate for hauliers. They work extremely long days. Currently they can park wherever they can find a spot to stop. I don’t like to think of the avoidable accident rate if they all have to seek out a socket they can use overnight. Many of them will have to sleep in the cab. I don’t think they will be able to rest much in a busy all night garage.
Nobody wants to have to charge a device up daily as that means leaving it unattended.
@Lamb: hydrogen powered truck sounds more promising than a washing machine truck and only Toyota is being realistic here. However , all the motor companies are now massively investing in to washing machines since they cost x2 times less to build unlike combustion engine vehicles and selling them x2 more expensive than combustion engine vehicle.
@Lee King Buckett: sadly there is a massive difference in listed range and actual range with full load and terrain, batteries will reduce load space and add weight, there is then the issue of where all the electric will come from to charge the thousands of lorries, not to mention the questionable environmental production of batteries, anyone who thinks this is currently environmentally they are mistaken, the technology is not good enough yet, it may be some day but not now.
Why is the 23% VAT added to the price of a litre of fuel AFTER the Excise, Carbon and NORA taxes are added to it? The government are charging us 23% tax for the privilege of paying the other taxes. If the VAT was calculated at the price before the other taxes were added it would be 15c cheaper at the pumps.
I wonder what the price per barrel would be if Iran and Venezuela were allowed to sell oil?
Two of the world’s major oil exporters are under US imposed sanctions and we have to buy oil from a cartel.
@George Vladisavljevic: Probably the same as they would simply fall in with the cartel.
Every motorist in the country could join this protest for what good it would do. The government doesn’t care how much fuel prices rise. The higher it goes, the more they make on the various taxes. If they really gave a hoot, they could forfeit the tax take above a certain point ie. Take the tax, as they have been (and have to, I accept, to raise revenue), but after that point, don’t take tax on the portion associated with the recent rises at source. A futile wish, I know, but surely at some point the government has to stop putting additional tax on the misfortune of those that elected them…..
This isn’t an “us” and “them” issue. Rising fuel costs for hauliers leads to higher costs for goods and services for everyone. The government don’t listen so the only way to be heard is to jam up the city centre and make them listen. We can expect to see a lot more of these sort of protests over the coming year. The government should have left fuel alone in the last budget. If you want to see change, stop voting for the same failed parties, otherwise shut up, get your wallet out and bend over.
Well done. Gave us all plenty of notice to make alternative arrangements. Best of luck to them.
When fuel prices dipped a few years ago, overnight the government threw on 10c, to aid our recovery. Starting point now is to remove that, with interest
Nearly 60% of what we pay at the pump is tax.
The government have absolute control over this. People have really had enough in the past 18 months, this isn’t helping…
Headline should read government cause traffic disruptions
More power to them but what can the Irish govt do when one company in the middle east is literally worth 9.8 times what the entire country of Ireland is worth.. how can they protest that any govt would lower prices on fuel for votes
@Keelan O’Callaghan: The Irish government could lower their tax take thats what
@Keelan O’Callaghan: you do realise the price of fuel in ireland is almost 60% tax yeah?
@To Mt: actually it’s more than 60%
Its 63.5% plus tax on the profit from the shop owner at 12%
@Saif Nazar: ‘profit’ lol, they make little or nothing on fuel if what they say is correct and I lean in to believe them. The money they make is in the side products you might buy in the shops. The only ones making money are the government.
As no one is investing in any oil gas or coal projects anymore, then prices will be going one way, up.
#lockupleotheleak
They have my full support.ffg are so scared of losing government they are giving the green party a free run at whatever they want to do.60% of fuel is taxes.its truly disgusting.
Well done Truckers! The Govt has done nothing ref hydrogen infrastructure and HFCV’s (hydrogen fuel cell vehicles) are suited to HGV’s, busses, trains, ships etc. Daimler Benz invented the internal combustion engine and are the first with a hydrogen HGV, very impressive video here from Mercedes, 1200km range:
https://youtu.be/ReNat3nBJho
Shell are leading building electrolyzer plants in Northern Europe- https://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/new-energies/hydrogen.html
Technology and infrastructure will reduce emmissions – not taxes
Just like vrt!
Finally someone willing to protest! I fully support them!
All driving in the hard shoulder on N2, broke all red lights at Finglas. Clever boys alright
@SquideyeMagpie: the thousand or so who protested today all drove in the hard shoulder on the N2 then all broke the red lights at Finglas? wow
@Bitcoin Buddy: no just the ringleaders at the front. Should be locked up for some of the antics I witnessed this morning. Disgusting individuals who did nothing among decent hardworking commuters to garner support
Fuel is a big cash cow to the government If you reduce it they will need to get their snouts out to fine the revenue elsewhere
@Alan Kelly: Snouts in! Is there actually anywhere they do not have them in to begin with, in some cases there snouts are in about 3/4 times. Look at your ESB bill for example, we pay a standing charge for I think ‘infrastructure upkeep’, yet then we are told ‘em, the infrastructure isn’t up to it’. But us stu-pid Paddy’s don’t question it, ‘well lads, what have you lads done with all that money we gave you on our bills?’ I am happy to pay my way, but this bunch are just taking the p now and clearly have vested interests. Just Google where some retired TDs and Ministers are now.
Make this protest a weekly event.
This isn’t an “Irish” problem it’s a world problem with the price of fuel.
Ireland is not the most expensive place in Europe for fuel. On a table of 45 countries in Europe (not EU) Ireland sits at 33.
Countries that are more expensive are France, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Italy, GB and so on.
Technically the government could reduce the tax on fuel but really, this is toys out of the pram tantrum over a global shift away from fossil fuels and rising costs as a result.
@Reuben Gray: how about we look at the overall picture and how much the Irish motorists pay the government to have their vehicles.
VRT, VAT on the purchase price + VRT. Annual motor tax, insurance + levy’s + VAT, NCT + VAT, fuel + Excise + Carbon + NORA with VAT then added. Tolls + VAT, parking + VAT, repair, parts and service + VAT.
@Reuben Gray: In the absence of alternatives, we can hardly blame those who are losing money to hiked up taxes.
Irony is they will need to fill their tanks with the fuel they are angry about.
@Madra: That’s not what irony is. It would be ironic if all the filling stations ran out of fuel on the day of the protest.
Diesel, petrol, food, gas, coal, electric, rates, transport…. this government is squeezing their citizens like Pips, and we can’t take anymore… they need to reduce the VAT take on these items even if its only for 6 months, and that’s easily done..
Beggars belief how a lot of the country went mental over water charges, yet hardly a word over something that affects ordinary people on a much greater scale. We really are a strange lot in this country.
And rightly so best of luck to all its a rip off full stop
This is the rubber duck!
You voted for action against climate change … now deal with it. End of story.
SUPER STUFF FAIR PLAY WE ALL SHOULD FOLLOW THERE LEAD
A sympathetic cause that will lose public support based purely on the fact that it’s occurrence will adversely effect other motorists. A prime example of people being okay with protests as long as they don’t have any effect on there own daily life
@Jake Kelly: Everyone needs deliveries to keep our supply chain moving, though.
Has this even materialised or did we have journalists blowing up social media posts from randomers again?
Absolutely brilliant about time
Saw them almost squeeze a biker between 2 lorries as he tried to get through this morning. Absolutely shocking and reckless behaviour. Pure bullies, nothing else
@SquideyeMagpie: cry harder daddy
@Bitcoin Buddy: tough guys. Probably all anti-vaxers
@SquideyeMagpie: is that the snob signalling? The working class are all “anti vaxxers”. Good cover for class war.
Most people have taken the vac.
Brilliant super stuff everyone should support them sick of this government
I wonder what the level of pollution was like today over Ireland after this stunt?
I thought that there was a whining noise from my fridge, imagine my relief when I discovered that it was only the Journal comments section.
If they are running a business they are already entitled to reclaim vat on diesel, which at 23% is no small thing
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