This is excellent advice... (1/2)

Rosslare Europort says a blockade of freight will mean the port’s shipping capacity will be full by tomorrow night/Monday morning, with further deliveries having to be turned away thereafter

I think it's more accurate to say that Iran managed to establish deterrence based on mutually assured destruction than that it "won" the war. But the problem with MAD is that the destruction is indeed mutual, and in Iran's case staggering. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/w...

the vibes are shifting bullish on professional software engineers

Paid for by the workers they've been blocking off the last while. Might as well call it a toll.

This is the massive turnout for last night’s “anti regime” concert in Heroes Square, Budapest, ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Hungarian elections. Tens of thousands chanted “Russians go home”. #Orban

Can't wrap my head round an unelectable group (a) thinking they can decide who does or does not get fuel, and (b) a Govt, which has broken up much less obstructive (and more morally motivated) demos, effectively standing aside for days and letting them do this. What next, will they charge tolls?

Say it everyday but if this was the way: Climate protestors acted Homelessness protesters acted Israeli, US, Russia government protestors acted They’d be beaten and dragged and hit with a water cannon.

Tens of thousands chant “Russians, go home!” at tonight’s anti-Orbán concert in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian election.

Trying to make a list of those businesses involved in the protests so we can avoid them in future. So far I have Mulcahy Agri Services, Leamlara AA minibuses, Athboy Monroe’s Tavern, Galway. I’d appreciate any more. And we can be petty enough just to give them 1* reviews.

I once sat with a group of well known journalists who complained that we don't have a proper left wing party in Ireland, and also that taxes are too high and unions are too powerful. We're not idiots. Reporters are.

Sycophancy as a Service

I think one of my visceral reactions to the protesters is because they are bullies. Loud, boorish bullies. And I have no time for bullies. The irony is Trump caused the global crisis, and miniTrumps are causing the local one.

Apparently you'll be able to walk under it (toll will be 200 million Iranian Rial)

Hahahahhaha Sanchez is trembling! Spain is expelled from the god knows what coordination center. This will totally have a massive impact on the next Spanish election

They're absolutely right to call him out for this

How is a video that has Judaism as Baal, showing a literal blood libel, and with a representation of Orthodox Jews buying the U.S. President antisemitic, they ask?

YES, A FAILED IMPEACHMENT MEANS REPUBLICANS APPROVE OF TRUMP'S CONDUCT. THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON TO DO IT

Naas by-pass, the protestors consist of a handful of vehicles, this is not a mass movement, excuse the pun, it's a tiny group that the Gardáí can easily neutralise once the government decides that it has public support to allow them to do so.

Sean Fleming announcing he understands nothing and public will reward his ignorance. More of this Gavan making clowns of people

Good time for Irish diesel-consuming machine operators to stall the economic activity, right on the edge of a European and global economic precipice. Good luck exporting your pharma products, your dairy products, importing your machine tools and parts, your just in time chips, or your snap peas.

"The Bobby Sands Trust had said it "was not involved" in the statue plans but it would "doubt if anyone locally would object"." Well, not within earshot of a member of the Bobby Sands Trust, anyway... www.bbc.com/news/article...

without the cooperation of Oman (which Muscat) has already refused, Iran will only be able to block the strait on a threat of violence/piracy basis. KSA and gulfies won't buy that, nor will countries heavily dependent on oil/gas from there.

SF and UK hard right attack their govts over fossil fuel prices, and also oppose the renewable energy sources that reduce our dependency on them bsky.app/profile/raym...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni distanced herself from U.S. President Donald Trump during a parliamentary address today, in a bid to save her premiership after a bruising referendum defeat last month.

Mining Omani waters is an act of war against Oman.

we're also learning a lot these past few days about the government's tolerance for acts of civil disobedience when they're carried out by businesses as opposed to individuals

Robert Jenrick is a vile, petty human being with a soul like a raisin.

So, the US is going to deploy troops in Ukraine? That’s a neat twist

There are traffic jams in Abbeydorney this morning because of the fuel shortages caused by the fascist protests. This is nuts.

UK PM Starmer lands in Abu Dhabi, UAE for talks on Strait of Hormuz reopening

I'm just flabbergasted by this protest. Usurped, or largely led by a strong right wing sentiment, with no singular goal or identity. A circus led by clowns who want lower fuel prices but will block fuel depots. In reality, a not so thinly veiled effort to be as disruptive as possible towards...

FWIW, although pollster is associated with opposition so some salt required.

America and Israel will certainly think twice about attacking Iran after this. #SpeirGorm

"UNHAND ME SIR I'M LATE FOR WORK"

Remember when Sinn Fein moan about government not doing this and that, they protest against renewable energy all the time. And yes that is Matt Carthy against renewables as he sheepishly retreats from the protestors on Monday now that the mask slipped

Hungary’s talks with Russian officials about sanctions were “a betrayal of the solidarity that is required among members of the European Union,” France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in an interview today.

My in-laws, as they struggled to return home via the M11 yesterday, were most struck by a spirit of gleeful spite on the part of the protesters. These people are having the time of their lives causing others misery. And they believe that they are unaccountable.

Reported yesterday by The Journal that there were two groups involved. www.thejournal.ie/fuel-price-p... 1) Irish Haulage Farming Construction Contractors Amalgamation 2) The People Of Ireland Against Fuel Prices

In case anyone hasn’t seen them in person, quite a few of the trucks on O’Connell street are covered in tricolours and it’s not because they support the women’s soccer team. The “take back our country” placard doesn’t mean “from the grey squirrels”.

European power prices are split since the US-Iran conflict. Gas-reliant markets like Italy and Ireland have seen high prices (€140/MWh) while renewable rich regions including Spain, Portugal and Sweden see far lower prices (€40/MWh). These are average wholesale daily prices (8am to 8pm).

Just spent 2 hours at the fuel protest at the bottom of O'Connell Street and any notion that its a farmers protest is misguided. It may have started out as one but it has become something else entirely, fueled by Facebook and Twitter's algorithms telling people what to get mad at.

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Nothing says “partial American victory” like “all ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz must coordinate with the Iranian military” because the Strait is “under Iranian control”

I think, if I were the Soc Dems, Labour, or the Greens, I’d be looking at Sinn Féin’s bandwagon antics with Aontú and Independent Ireland over these fuel protests and asking myself, “Left alliance, is it, lads?”.

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