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[PalazioVecchio]

Ireland deploys army to disperse protesters blocking key ports

УНН News of the World ✎ Authorities used military equipment to remove trucks and tractors from Foynes and Whitegate ports. Protesters are demanding lower fuel taxes.

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[PalazioVecchio]

Ireland deploys army to clear protests blocking key ports

Protesters’ tractors and trucks snarling a key Limerick port and a Cork oil refinery are top priorities for army removal crews. Central Dublin and key motorways have been blocked since Tuesday.

www.politico.eu

 

[eaglesdare]

Ireland deploys army to clear protests blocking key ports

Protesters’ tractors and trucks snarling a key Limerick port and a Cork oil refinery are top priorities for army removal crews. Central Dublin and key motorways have been blocked since Tuesday.

www.politico.eu

That's one way to escalate the tension.

 

[McAhuna]

Well, that went well

https://twitter.com/x/status/2042415944547663921

 

[eaglesdare]

Well, that went well

https://twitter.com/x/status/2042415944547663921

Funny 🤣 but our resident fact checker will be along in a minute to say it's the German military? 😅

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Funny 🤣 but our resident fact checker will be along in a minute to say it's the German military? 😅

the Cromwell of Cornwall ? not a very popular surname in Ireland. Not got a reputation for tolerating differences of opinion or creed. Nor for doing much democracy. 'Its my way or the highway'.

It was 'to Hell or Connaught' four hundred years ago. Is it now 'to hell or Croydon' today ?

Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ireland has already seen Plantation, colonisation & massive displacements of population away from their ancestral home. And 2026 ? no comment.

 

[chris123]

Funny 🤣 but our resident fact checker will be along in a minute to say it's the German military? 😅

Does being in a shared currency, mentioning Germany reminds me of an argument (it may have been regarding Greece), help or hinder or no effect.

The Greek argument I think was it may have helped German exports, but didn't help Greece.

 

[McAhuna]

Does being in a shared currency, mentioning Germany reminds me of an argument (it may have been regarding Greece), help or hinder or no effect.

The Greek argument I think was it may have helped German exports, but didn't help Greece.

Hinder.
But in Ireland's case right now, the protests are not primarily economic. They seem more about political/social issues.

 

[beak]

Does being in a shared currency, mentioning Germany reminds me of an argument (it may have been regarding Greece), help or hinder or no effect.

The Greek argument I think was it may have helped German exports, but didn't help Greece.

... the wheels?

 

[PalazioVecchio]

The country has been brought to a standstill by trucks & Tractors. Yet the spin that RTE are putting on the story is hilarious. Compare & contrast the video below with the comments written underneath.

 

[chris123]

... the wheels?

The word.

 

[eaglesdare]

The country has been brought to a standstill by trucks & Tractors. Yet the spin that RTE are putting on the story is hilarious. Compare & contrast the video below with the comments written underneath.

Shocking. The government spent enough time giving out about trump and his tactics....what do they go and do? CalI in the army and public order unit for the farmers!

 

[PalazioVecchio]