Further reductions of duties on fuel and a delay in a carbon tax increase were announced by the premier Micheal Martin.

The blockade of the capital’s main thoroughfare O’Connell Street has been cleared.

Gardai has responded to protests in Dublin, Galway and Cork

An emergency Cabinet meeting has been called as Ireland’s Government prepares to sign off on measures over fuel costs.

The head of Ireland’s police service has vowed to step up enforcement against fuel-cost protesters blocking critical infrastructure.

The reopening of Whitegate will alleviate some concerns about the country’s filling stations running completely dry.

Garda have been attempting to restore access to the Whitegate oil refinery in Co Cork for fuel trucks amid the days-long blockade.

The Irish Government is to re-enter talks on Saturday aimed at defusing the protests which have involved blockades at key fuel distribution sites.

With the nationwide fuel protests entering a fourth day on Friday, here is an explanation of some of the key points.

Fuel supplies at more Irish forecourts are under threat of running dry as a days-long blockade of major supply depots continues.

Protesters say they will continue their action until they receive engagement from Government or are physically removed.

Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon said they would not meet with protesters and said it was a choice between democracy or anarchy.

Protests over the Irish Government’s response to rising fuel prices are entering a third day.

But the cancellation presented an opportunity the Defence Forces was able to exploit to pull off its first personnel rotation in a conflict zone.

Riad Bouchaker, 51, of no fixed abode, is charged with the attempted murder of three youngsters in 2023.

The incident occurred at the same house where four-year-old Tadhg Farrell and his great-aunt Mary Holt were murdered in December 2025.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister said the Government’s proposed energy price intervention is ‘completely tone-deaf’.

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will attend a meeting of EU finance ministers in Dublin later this year, Ireland’s deputy premier has said.

Irish premier Micheal Martin said increased co-ordination between the two countries would help to guarantee economic security.

A new defence agreement between the UK and Ireland could see British ships ‘responding to an issue’ in Irish waters, according to Dublin.