{"id":399034,"date":"2026-04-15T03:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/399034\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:15:14","slug":"wicklow-contractor-warns-fuel-deal-wont-save-imperilled-industry-we-cant-even-quote-for-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/399034\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicklow contractor warns fuel deal won\u2019t save imperilled industry \u2013 \u2018We can&#8217;t even quote for jobs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The recent convoy of protesters on the M11, between Arklow and Wicklow, led by vehicles from Ryan Plant Hire. Photo: Michael Kelly\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9fe531e0-2e24-450e-bb2f-793224a93088.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The recent convoy of protesters on the M11, between Arklow and Wicklow, led by vehicles from Ryan Plant Hire. Photo: Michael Kelly<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A Wicklow contractor who took part in the recent fuel protests has said the Government\u2019s newly announced package will make \u201cabsolutely no difference\u201d to his business, warning that rising diesel and material costs continue to make it impossible to operate or even quote for work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">More ominously, he said he hasn\u2019t built a foundation for a house \u201cin a long time\u201d and believes the construction industry faces a significant downturn as a result of the crisis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The recent convoy of protesters on the M11, between Arklow and Wicklow, led by vehicles from Ryan Plant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43,10687],"class_list":{"0":"post-399034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-tom-galvin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399034","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=399034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}