People with luggage walk past the heavy traffic caused by fuel protests in Dublin on Thursday. Brian Lawless/PA WireOne third of Ireland’s gas stations are without supply, police are escorting convoys of oil trucks, and several of the country’s highways remain closed amid protests over rising fuel prices caused by the war in the Middle East. That proportion could rise to two-thirds by the end of today, he warned, if authorities haven’t secured access to the country’s only oil refinery and two oil terminals, which are being blockaded by protesters. Footage posted by Irish police on Saturday showed officers escorting oil trucks departing Whitegate Refinery in southeast Ireland, indicating they had secured at least some access to the refinery. Meanwhile, dozens of parked trucks and tractors continued blockading O’Connell Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Dublin city center, on Saturday.

Source: CNN April 11, 2026 07:28 UTC