Source: Deutsche Welle [German state media]
“Police in Ireland on Saturday used pepper spray and made arrests in a bid to clear protesters blockading the country’s only oil refinery. Authorities moved in to disperse the protesters to restore supplies after five days of nationwide demonstrations over soaring fuel prices. Law enforcers, supported by armed forces personnel, moved in to reopen the Whitegate refinery in County Cork and escort fuel trucks on Saturday. … After Ireland’s Defence Forces joined the police in clearing the protests, Irish police chief Justin Kelly said on Saturday that the fuel protesters’ actions were ‘endangering the state.'” (04/12/26)