{"id":396923,"date":"2026-04-13T22:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/396923\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T22:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:19:15","slug":"protesters-call-for-national-day-of-strike-as-fuels-for-ireland-ceo-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/396923\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters call for ‘national day of strike’ as Fuels for Ireland CEO speaks out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fuels for Ireland has predicted a lengthy timeline before supply issues at forecourts are fully dealt with, as drivers face \u2018intimidation\u2019 and \u2018threats\u2019.<\/p>\n

The body\u2019s CEO, Kevin McPartlan, appealed for protesters to stop with the \u2018insults to drivers\u2019 after blockades of the\u00a0country\u2019s fuel terminals<\/a>\u00a0were finally lifted on Sunday.<\/p>\n

After protests brought many key areas of Ireland to a standstill over the past week, Monday saw all major routes begin to clear<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dublin Bus has resumed normal service. Pic: Sasko Lazarov \/ RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n

In the capital, Dublin Bus has resumed normal service and Red and Green Luas lines began operating as usual.<\/p>\n

However, this came after a spokesman for the protesters in Dublin, Christopher Duffy, called on social media for a \u2018national day of strike and protest\u2019.<\/p>\n

While the majority of services have returned to normal operations, Fuels for Ireland has stated that it will be around 10 days<\/a> until stations can be fully restocked.<\/p>\n

\"Protest\"Fuels for Ireland has predicted a lengthy timeline before supply issues at forecourts are fully dealt with. Pic: RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n

Kevin McPartlan said: \u2018The reason it is taking so long is because with drivers\u2019 hours and regulations, drivers burned up their weekly hours in behind convoys and sitting behind blockades.<\/p>\n

\u2018There have been a number of false starts with drivers going to places and being told they might be able to collect and then being turned around with nothing. So, drivers\u2019 hours are a bit of a problem today.\u2019<\/p>\n

However, he said that he is \u2018more optimistic now than I was 24 hours ago\u2019 and that there has been \u2018a change in attitude from the Garda\u00ed\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"10\/04\/2026Fuels for Ireland has stated that it will be around 10 days until stations can be restocked. Pic: Eamonn Farrell \/ \u00a9 RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n

McPartlan believes that the government<\/a> needs \u2018to take a step back\u2019 regarding the fuel crisis and \u2018bring an expert group together\u2019.<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018We want to be part of it but you also need hauliers, you do need agricultural contractors, you need coach operators, you need the environmental lobby to talk about how we use taxation as a driver for the behavioural change we want.<\/p>\n

\u2018If they set that up as part of the response to this particular issue, then I think we would be future-proofing the solution that we come up with.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Fuel\"McPartlan believes that the government needs \u2018to take a step back\u2019 regarding the fuel crisis. Pic: Eamonn Farrell \/ RollingNews.ie<\/p>\n

McPartlan told RT\u00c9 Radio One\u2019s Morning Ireland programme that fuel drivers were being targeted, though he was not suggesting that everyone involved in the protest is responsible.<\/p>\n

He stated: \u2018They\u2019re identifying individual drivers and contacting family members when they\u2019re sitting ready to load things. I mean, it\u2019s really poor.<\/p>\n

\u2018We need is to make sure that the road network across the country is unhindered so we can actually get closer people.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fuels for Ireland has predicted a lengthy timeline before supply issues at forecourts are fully dealt with, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-396923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396923","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=396923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}