Irish government announces measures to ease fuel crisis after days of protests

Ireland's prime minister Micheal Martin has announced measures to ease the pressures of fast-rising fuel prices following major protests across the country.

There will be further reductions of duties on fuel and a delay in a carbon tax increase, Mr Martin said, in a package costing about 505m euro (£440m) - on top of 250m euro (£218m) worth of measures announced almost three weeks ago.

It comes after police in Dublin broke up a city centre blockade by fuel protesters during a late-night operation clearing tractors and trucks from the capital's main thoroughfare, O'Connell Street.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/police-break-up-dublin-fuel-protest-after-days-of-disruption-13530919

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