{"id":394446,"date":"2026-04-12T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/394446\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:24:08","slug":"bridge-to-galway-port-being-secured-as-demonstration-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/394446\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge to Galway Port being secured as demonstration over"},"content":{"rendered":"

The blockade at Galway Port by fuel protesters has ended following an early morning garda operation.<\/p>\n

The Garda Public Order Unit, along with uniformed garda\u00ed, dismantled a make shift barricade and began to clear the area shortly before 8am.<\/p>\n

Overnight protesters had constructed a barrier of railings, wooden pallets and felled trees along the bridge leading to the terminal at the Port of Galway, which is a key fuel depot.<\/p>\n

Protesters also parked trucks and tractors on both ends.<\/p>\n

Once garda\u00ed had the railings, pallets and felled trees removed, the Public Order Unit then moved in directing protesters to leave.<\/p>\n

Many did so peacefully although some were resistant.<\/p>\n

\"Fuel
\nFuel protesters left the Port of Galway following the garda operation<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

A line of garda\u00ed from the Public Order Unit are now securing the bridge leading to the port’s terminal.<\/p>\n

A number of trucks and tractors remain there following the end of the blockade.<\/p>\n

The fuel protests – which also involved blockades of the oil refinery in Cork and an oil depot in Limerick – strangled fuel distribution across the country.<\/p>\n

Roads were also blocked throughout the country, including Dublin’s O’Connell Street. However protesters have been cleared<\/a> from there following an overnight garda operation.<\/p>\n

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