Protest Over Fuel Shortages in Ireland

Yes, Ray, there's a very big protest taking here

tonight

at Galway Harbor. Uh, the numbers have swelled

significantly. There are hundreds of people here,

and they say they

are not going away. The impact of the fuel

blockades across the west of Ireland is really taking effect now.

There's no diesel in Achill, no fuel in Belmullet,

queues in Erris queuing for fuel, and in

Galway, places like Salthill, Athenry, Turloughmore,

Casla in Connemara. All of these pe- these, um, four

courts have very, very low levels of

fuel. Some have completely dried up.

And tonight, Ray, that all comes against news I've received

from a

source in the energy industry to say that there's a tanker

off the coast of Kerry tonight coming from

Antwerp and e- expected to dock at Galway

Harbor, tide dependent, at around 8:00 AM tomorrow

morning. Now, that tanker will get here,

but will not be able to land and offload

6 million liters of fuel. It's agri-diesel, it's

white diesel, it's kerosene for home heating.

That tanker-