Behind the barricades: how Ireland’s week of fuel protest chaos unfoldedAs the protests grew, so too did a sense of threat, to the point where some now speak of mob ruleProtesters in Dublin on the fifth day of a National Fuel Protest against rising fuel pricesMaeve Sheehan, Ali Bracken and Fearghal O'Connor Today at 06:30On Friday, April 3 in the capital, the long Easter weekend stretched ahead. But in the Dublin off­ice of Fuels for Ireland, Kevin McPartland, its chief executive, viewed with a mounting sense of urgency the online posts about a campaign over fuel prices that threatened to shut down the ports and potentially even airports.

Source: Irish Independent April 12, 2026 09:16 UTC