{"id":527484,"date":"2026-04-12T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527484\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T21:30:10","slug":"ireland-cuts-tax-on-motor-fuel-as-protests-grip-the-country-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527484\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland cuts tax on motor fuel as protests grip the country \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s beyond comprehension that we were on the precipice of losing oil refining capacity in the country in the middle of an unprecedented global supply shortage of energy,\u201d Martin said. \u201cIt makes absolutely no sense what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the premier conceded that the package might not end the protests, which have been organized largely on social media apps and platforms. Several scattered road blockades, largely targeting rural motorways, continued Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t any guarantees of what protesters may or may not do,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s advisory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ie\/en\/department-of-the-taoiseach\/press-releases\/national-emergency-coordination-group-meets-on-traffic-and-transport-disruption-12-april\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Emergency Coordination Group warned Sunday<\/a> that much of the economy and public services, including health care, would face heightened disruption this week even if the protesters end all road obstructions now.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s package will be subject to the passage of emergency legislation Tuesday \u2014 the same day <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaryLouMcDonald\/status\/2043288773048344875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the main opposition Sinn F\u00e9in party will bring a motion of no confidence<\/a> in the government over its handling of fuel taxes and the past week\u2019s street standoffs.<\/p>\n<p>The new government plans further excise tax cuts of 10 cents per liter on gasoline and diesel effective midnight Tuesday, Martin said at his press conference. Those reductions come on top of cuts introduced last month \u2014 before any street disorder \u2014 of 15 cents on gasoline and 20 cents on diesel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s beyond comprehension that we were on the precipice of losing oil refining capacity in the country in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2358,817,682,1344,2692,3360,49,3247,585,2274,3714,6723,50,2987,998,2695,70833,1352,42257,224,474,51,47,52,48,178454,158,636],"class_list":{"0":"post-527484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-carbon","9":"tag-cooperation","10":"tag-diesel","11":"tag-energy","12":"tag-farmers","13":"tag-fuels","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-health-care","16":"tag-iran","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-media","19":"tag-micheal-martin","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-oil","22":"tag-platforms","23":"tag-ports","24":"tag-roads","25":"tag-services","26":"tag-simon-harris","27":"tag-social-media","28":"tag-tax","29":"tag-top-news","30":"tag-top-stories","31":"tag-topnews","32":"tag-topstories","33":"tag-trucking","34":"tag-united-states","35":"tag-war"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}