Energy Protests Ireland10 Apr 2026 08:30
Will the stupid Politicians in the country be forced to change their minds - perhaps
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Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time on Thursday night, fuel protest organiser James Geoghegan said there has been "good news tonight" and a "breakthrough" in talks.
He said there will be talks with Government at around 2pm on Friday with the IFA and the official hauliers' association also in attendance along with protest organisers.
He said "in the last few minutes" protesters were pulled off O'Connell Bridge and that kerosene oil has been released from the refineries.
Mr Geoghegan said there will be further disruption tomorrow morning and protesters will be entering Government talks with a "list of demands".
"It's a list of very reasonable demands, we're all mostly self employed people and we can't take the hits that have been put on us," he said.
"Our country needs our own oil and our own security for oil, it's there in the sea, bring it in and use it. We have an ocean full of oil that we don't tap.