Dublin airport issues warning to passengers as protests spark delays on M50 | World | News
A major international airport issued a warning to travelers on the morning of April 10 as protests continued on a nearby highway. Dublin Airport has appealed to passengers to allow extra time for their journeys as a national fuel protest has brought travel to and from Dublin and other major roads across the country to a standstill for a third day.
This morning it issued the following statement about X: “Passengers traveling to and from Dublin Airport this morning are advised to allow extra time for their journey due to protest activity causing traffic disruption on some roads approaching the airport, including the M50.
“Passengers should use live traffic apps (e.g. Google Maps and TFI Live) to determine their fastest/best route.”
Various coordinated demonstrations, including slow-moving convoys on highways such as the M1 and M50, are underway to protest rising fuel prices as a result of the US and Israel’s war in Iran. There has been an increase in gasoline and diesel costs in recent weeks due to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and the obstruction of the flow of materials through the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement issued on Thursday evening, a Dublin Airport spokesman said: “Passengers traveling to and from Dublin Airport today are advised to allow extra time for their journey due to the possibility of protest activity causing traffic disruption on roads around the airport.”
Protesters also blockaded fuel yards in Cork, Limerick and Galway. Fuels for Ireland said 100 garage forecourts, mainly in Munster and the west of Ireland, had run out of fuel.
Gardai, meanwhile, called on protesters to end “blockades” of warehouses or “face the full rigors of the law”. Assistant commissioner for operations Shawna Coxon told a press conference at Garda Headquarters: “These are no longer protests. These are blockades.”
Protesters’ spokesman James Geoghegan said fuel bills would rise to up to €70,000 (£60,939) this year if prices remained unchanged. “We can’t afford that,” he told BBC Radio Ulster’s Evening Extra, adding: “We’re just a small business. We can’t pass that on to the farmers.”
