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Fuel blockade brings country to standstill as senators clash on response
Fuel protests have blocked petrol stations, diesel supplies, and water treatment chemicals across the country. Shannonside panel debate features Sinn Féin senator Pauline Tully and Fianna Fáil senator Robbie Gallagher from the Cavan-Monaghan constituency discussing whether protestors are renegades or frustrated citizens.
Pauline Tully, Robbie Gallagher, Pat McCormack
Heated political debate on fuel crisis with local senators
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Local TD backs fuel protestors: 'They're not doing it for the craic'
Independent Ireland TD Michael Fitzmaurice defends fuel protestors as Dublin grinds to a halt for the second day. Hundreds of vehicles block roads across the Shannonside region. Fitzmaurice argues the protestors — hauliers, farmers, contractors — are ordinary people pushed to breaking point by fuel costs.
Michael Fitzmaurice
'Not doing it for the craic' — great quote, captures rural frustration
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