{"id":406441,"date":"2026-04-19T09:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406441\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:53:14","slug":"truck-driver-wants-her-voice-to-be-heard-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/406441\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck driver wants her voice to be heard"},"content":{"rendered":"

A truck driver from Co Wexford has said she joined the fuel protests so her voice could be heard, but she does not think that the Government’s support package<\/a> will make a difference to her.<\/p>\n

Sarah Wiers, who is also a country singer, took part in the protests as rising energy costs are impacting her professional and personal lives.<\/p>\n

She described the Government package as “throwing breadcrumbs to chickens”.<\/p>\n

“If the haulage sector doesn\u2019t get the right care and looking after, I could lose my job,” she said.<\/p>\n

“But I\u2019m also someone who has to put petrol in her car to get to work and we’ve heating oil in the house. We’ve an old house, we don’t have the new pumps or systems so we’re reliant on that.”<\/p>\n

Following a week of protests and blockades that caused widespread disruption, Government announced a \u20ac505million package<\/a> to support those struggling with fuel costs.<\/p>\n

It included a 10 cent per litre excise reduction on petrol and diesel, and a 2.4 cent per litre reduction on green diesel, until the end of July.<\/p>\n

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\nSarah Wiers has been driving a truck since last year<\/p>\n

Ms Wier said she does not think these measures will make much of a difference to people.<\/p>\n

“I filled the truck last night. I burn 180 litres in the day. 10 cent in a short period of time now isn’t a lot. Over years, yes, maybe, but we need the help now,” she said.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, we\u2019re still unhappy and we feel we still need to keep the pressure on. Exactly how without disrupting things too much, I’m not sure. But I think it\u2019ll be a case of talking to politicians and getting across that this is not ok.”<\/p>\n

This week also marks Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week, which encourages young people to take up jobs in trucking and logistics.<\/p>\n

Ms Wier has been working as a truck driver since last year and praised her co-workers for how they welcomed her to the role.<\/p>\n

“The guys that I’ve been working with, no matter where I go or what sites, they\u2019re lovely to me and love to see it,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Of course, there\u2019s the split second, ‘Is she able to do this?\u2019 and the minute they see that you are, they\u2019re all about you.<\/p>\n

“Once you are good at what you do and you\u2019re confident, you\u2019ll have no bother, no matter who you are or what you are in the job, because everyone is really lovely.<\/p>\n

“I’m very well supported at this job and people hype me up and are proud of what I do.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A truck driver from Co Wexford has said she joined the fuel protests so her voice could be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-406441","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"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406441","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=406441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}