Irish leaders condemn fuel protests as ‘not in the national interest’

Evening Standard

Fuel protesters blocking Dublin and other locations across Ireland are “wrong” and those breaking the law will be penalised, the Irish premier has said.Taoiseach Micheal Martin said the main thoroughfare of the Irish capital should not be turned into a “car park” as traffic and travel disruption caused by the protest continued into a second day.

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00:25There was always a balance when there was protest

00:28to mean we are a democracy, we respect people's right to protest.

00:32And so there's always a balance initially in terms of how that is policed.

00:36But what is not acceptable is people declaring that we will turn O'Connell Street into a car park.

00:42That's not acceptable. There are people with businesses on O'Connell Street who need to survive.

00:58So, let's do this.

01:00We will be right back.

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