{"id":387958,"date":"2026-04-08T10:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387958\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:58:09","slug":"fuel-protests-unacceptable-and-irresponsible-says-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387958\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel protests \u2018unacceptable and irresponsible\u2019, says minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland\u2019s Minister for Public Expenditure has labelled fuel protests \u201cunacceptable and irresponsible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at Government buildings on Wednesday morning, Jack Chambers said: \u201cI think some of the protests we\u2019ve seen today are completely unacceptable and irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re undermining business in our city and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775643906931_1.jpg--.jpg\" width=\"640\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Responding to reports demonstrators have blocked a fuel terminal, he said action is \u201creckless in the extreme, and they should stand down their protest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Government has \u201cconstant and regular engagement with the representative groups\u201d, including the Irish Road Haulage Association.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the Gardai should move protesters who are blocking O\u2019Connell Bridge in Dublin city centre, Mr Chambers said: \u201cThey know how to manage protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s Minister for Public Expenditure has labelled fuel protests \u201cunacceptable and irresponsible\u201d. Speaking to reporters at Government buildings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[615,171749,61,60,13808,43,1650,24168],"class_list":{"0":"post-387958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-dublin","9":"tag-fuel-protests","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-jack-chambers","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-protests"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}