{"id":56450,"date":"2026-04-11T10:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=56450"},"modified":"2026-04-11T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:02:13","slug":"hundreds-of-irish-petrol-stations-run-out-of-fuel-as-protests-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=56450","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Irish petrol stations run out of fuel as protests continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BBC:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of petrol stations in the Republic of Ireland have run out of fuel as protests over high prices continue for a fifth day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/ireland\/2026\/0411\/1567669-fuel-protest-ireland\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RT\u00c9 said about 500 forecourts<\/a>&nbsp;had run out of petrol and diesel due to the protests, involving slow-moving convoys made up of vehicles including tractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests have been organised over the issue of high fuel prices caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Irish government confirmed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cy814wypp5go\">a fuel support package was being finalised<\/a>&nbsp;after what it described as &#8220;constructive engagement&#8221; with representatives of the haulage and farming sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The blockade of parts of Dublin city centre is continuing, with O&#8217;Connell Street and South Quay closed to traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other disruption includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A blockade on the M50, with parts of the road closed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The M7 at Portlaoise is blocked in both directions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the M8, at Cashel south, there is a blockage northbound<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Road blocks are reported in Monaghan town and on the N2 bypass, on the M18\/N18 in County Clare, and the M20\/N20, between Patrickswell and Raheen in County Limerick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also blockades at three fuel-storage facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC: Hundreds of petrol stations in the Republic of Ireland have run out of fuel as protests over high prices continue for a fifth day. RT\u00c9 said about 500 forecourts&nbsp;had run out of petrol and diesel due to the protests, involving slow-moving convoys made up of vehicles including tractors. The protests have been organised over the issue of high fuel prices caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran. The Irish government confirmed&nbsp;a fuel support package was being finalised&nbsp;after what it described as &#8220;constructive engagement&#8221; with representatives of the haulage and farming sectors. The blockade of parts of Dublin city centre&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56452,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56450\/revisions\/56452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}