🗣️ “It’s not my responsibility.”
Agricultural contractor and protester James Geoghegan says access to fuel for emergency vehicles is not his responsibility, insisting protests have not blocked services.
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🚨Fuel blockades intensify
🚨 Plus, a fragile pause in the Middle East as Donald Trump pulls back and Iran agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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It's such a mess, Mick Clifford just stood up for Paul Murphy on #TonightVMTV.
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"O my God," says Sinn Fein TD Mairéad Farrell as she says the Dail should be resumed at a "time of crisis".
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Fianna Fail TD Naoise Ó Cearúil says Sinn Fein and Aontú are "whipping up fear". #TonightVMTV
April in Dublin. Some despicable, selfish people with no mandate blocked off the GPO and prevented people going about their normal business. Oh wait, that was April 1916. #TonightVMTV
"It's not my responsibility" if emergency vehicles don't have access to fuel to attend emergencies, says James Geoghegan - Agricultural contractor and protester. He said protests have not blocked emergency vehicles. #TonightVMTV
"What's going to be the outcome" of a group of four people meeting Government Ministers? asks Mick Clifford, Special Correspondent, Irish Examiner. #TonightVMTV
"An ill-judged tactical approach," says Kevin McPartlan, CEO Fuels for Ireland #fuelprotests #TonightVMTV
Agree 💯. Insulting and disrespecting people who fear for the survival of their business/farms/livelihood is not the way to go. #NofuelNoFood #TonightVMTV
What we are asking for is pure "common sense" - that's according to James Geoghegan - Agricultural contractor and protester. He was responding to questions about preventing petrol deliveries to fuel stations. #TonightVMTV
The "majority of people" protesting are business people and understand how business works, says James Geoghegan - Agricultural contractor and protester #TonightVMTV
If the Government wants "this to end" then they should "just go" and meet those protesting, says Sinn Fein TD Mairéad Farrell #TonightVMTV
Fianna Fail TD Naoise Ó Cearúil asks protesters to "reflect on their actions". He said he was contacted by a woman who missed a cancer appointment due to protests. #TonightVMTV
On #TonightVMTV at 10.35pm with Shane Coleman:
🚨Fuel blockades intensify
🚨 Plus, a fragile pause in the Middle East as Donald Trump pulls back and Iran agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
🗣️ “The Government takes more per litre in tax than the entire supply chain."
As frustration over rising fuel costs grows, the Government’s fuel excise is coming under increasing scrutiny as a potential way to ease pressure.
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🚨Fuel protest convoys disrupt routes into Dublin, as anger over rising costs grows.
🚨Could rationing come next?
🚨Meanwhile, tensions rise ahead of a deadline set by Donald Trump over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.
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"The Government has saved the economy," says Fine Gael TD Barry Ward. #TonightVMTV @barrymward.bsky.social
Ciara O'Loughlin, Political Correspondent, The Irish Mirror, doesn't believe new measures will be introduced following today's protests. #TonightVMTV
Shane Coleman indulging in some pearl clutching here. *Everything* will go up unless something is done to address the rocketing price of fuel. Fair dues to the protesters. #TonightVMTV
"There are definite concerns among the business community about how long this will last", says Dublin Town CEO, Richard Guiney. #TonightVMTV
"The farmers of Ireland are the people that put the food on the table" and it is going to get more expensive, says John Dallon, a farmer and agriculture contractor. #TonightVMTV
"If you look at what the government has done...relative to other European countries, it is as good if not better,"
says Fine Gael TD Barry Ward.
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On #TonightVMTV at 10.20pm with Shane Coleman:
🚨Fuel protest convoys disrupt routes into Dublin, as anger over rising costs grows.
🚨Could rationing come next?
🚨Meanwhile, tensions rise ahead of a deadline set by Donald Trump over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.
🗣️ “There is Irish fingerprints all over this moon rocket,” says @ollopa11.bsky.social
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🗣️ “It really is all about politics,”
🗣️ “There is real potential from the moon, and that's what they're looking at, the commercial option,” says @ollopa11.bsky.social.
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🗣️ “Where our weight is and where I voice is strong is in our neutrality,” says Jennifer Whitmore TD, Social Democrats
🗣️ “We are a laggard when it comes to defence spending… they look at us with a degree of embarrassment,” says @mcconnelldaniel.bsky.social
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🗣️ “The falling apart of NATO raises profound questions,” says @mcconnelldaniel.bsky.social
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