LONDON: Illegal activity by fuel protesters is “endangering the state”, Irish police chief Justin Kelly said Saturday, as public order units were deployed to clear people blockading an oil refinery.
Garda Commissioner Kelly told reporters the blockading of “critical national infrastructure such as fuel depots and refineries” had “resulted in fuel shortages that are directly impacting on emergency services such as hospitals, the ambulance service, and the fire service”.
The protests began on Tuesday over spiralling petrol and diesel prices amid the Middle East war.
Protesters partly blockaded Ireland´s only oil refinery and restricted access to at least two other fuel depots.
