Ireland Grinds to Halt: Fuel Protests Spark Chaos

0:00It's April 8, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Global News Today World News powered by AI. Fuel protests are grinding Ireland to a halt for the second straight day, with slow-moving convoys hitting Dublin and Major Rose nearby all sparked. By skyrocketing fuel prices from the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. These demonstrators kicked off Tuesday morning, parking up or crawling along key spots like O'Connell Street and O'Connell Bridge in Dublin, turning. The city center into a parking lot. Travelers are feeling the burn Dublin airports telling folks to build in extra time, while translings cross-border buses from the north are delayed, or straight up ending at the airport instead of pushing into the city. The root cause, that middle east clash, shut down the straight of Hormuz, choking off 20% of global oil flow and jacking up petrol and diesel costs overnight. Protesters want a hard cap on fuel prices, with backups rippling from Limerick to Cork and Galway, meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris is.

1:03Calling an energy meeting today to tackle the mess head-on.