Fuel price protesters Dieter Bauer and Joe Rynne at the entrance to Whitegate oil refinery in Co Cork. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/ProvisionFuel price protesters gathered outside Ireland’s only oil refinery say that if gardaí and the Army come in to remove them, then others will replace them. The protesters said they will maintain a blockade until the Government meets their demands and puts a cap on fuel prices. Numbers maintaining the blockade on the road leading to Irving Oil’s refinery at Whitegate in east Cork, which supplies about 40 per cent of Ireland’s petroleum, continued to grow all Thursday morning. Protesters at the entrance to Whitegate oil refinery on April 9th.

Source: The Irish Times April 10, 2026 13:57 UTC