IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Fuel protests enter day four; Government open to meeting, disruption on M50, Dublin Bus and Luas

   Dublin Bus warns of ongoing severe delays, protests remain on national roads and some petrol stations run low on supply

2. Fighting Blindness charity bought Mediterranean cruise for man whose firm ran monthly raffle

   Regulator’s report criticises level of board oversight at Dublin organisation Fighting Blindness

3. Church services

   Week beginning Saturday, April 11th, 2026

4. Family ties abound at 101st Army cadet class ceremony

   Brothers Alex and Simon Gallagher, from Co Antrim, among new members of the Defence Forces

5. Ireland’s first observer report on protest policing raises several concerns

   Newly established Irish Network of Legal Observers flags emerging trends in frontline conduct

6. Fuel price protesters say they will continue blockades despite claiming to have secured meeting

   Nationwide disruption continues as petrol station forecourts run low on supply due to ongoing blockades

7. Protester negotiators to attend large Government meeting tomorrow in ‘breakthrough’

   Live updates with delays on multiple motorway routes as well as significant disruption on Luas and Dublin Bus

8. Judge warns criminals could avoid jail after specialist garda stripped from busy court

   Complaints and unfairness will result from removal of sergeant role, he said

9. Fuel protesters’ blockade of Ireland’s only oil refinery to stay ‘until diesel capped’

   Irving Oil’s refinery at Whitegate in east Cork, supplies around 40 per cent of Ireland’s petroleum

10. ‘Out of fuel’: Co Clare garage runs short of diesel as queues form at some petrol stations

    Limerick filling stations reportedly place cap on how much fuel motorists can purchase as residents show support for demonstrators