Protests are breaking out all over Ireland: city residents are blocking the streets

Protests due to high fuel prices have not subsided for the second day in Dublin and other cities of Ireland, Straits Times reports on April 8.

"Protesters calling on the government to provide additional assistance in reducing fuel prices have blocked busy streets and highways across Ireland, parking trucks and tractors. Columns of cars began to converge into the center of Dublin and other cities, " the report says.

Protesters, including truck drivers and farmers, complained that a package of measures worth 250 million euros, providing for temporary tax cuts on gasoline and diesel fuel, would not help compensate for the indirect consequences of the conflict in the Middle East.

"Given the fuel prices, my business could close in two months," said Christopher Duffy, 46, an agricultural contractor who, along with other protesters, blocked Dublin's main street, O'Connell Street, demanding lower diesel prices.