"Unless we leave that meeting with concrete and immediate proposals to reduce the cost of fuel, hauliers will be left with no choice but to launch immediate protest actions. Our members are ready. Haulage operators will not be able to continue to absorb rising costs without urgent intervention from the Government to reduce the tax burden on fuel."
"Hauliers are looking for decisive action - not warm words - and we will be making that position very clear when we meet the Minister tomorrow. When transport costs go up, groceries, clothes, building materials and everything in between goes up in price."
"The conflict in the Middle East highlighted dysfunction in Ireland's fuel market, with the Government taking more than 65pc of the price of a litre of petrol and more than 60pc of the price of a litre of diesel."
The Irish Road Haulage Association president is meeting Transport Minister Darragh O'Brien to discuss emergency measures for reducing fuel costs amid rising prices linked to Middle East conflict. Fuel prices have exceeded €2 per litre across the country. Hauliers postponed a scheduled protest to enable negotiations. They argue the government takes over 65% of petrol prices and 60% of diesel prices, highlighting market dysfunction. The industry demands temporary suspension of carbon tax increases and removal of M50 tolls for hauliers and motorists. Without concrete government intervention, hauliers warn of supply chain disruption, higher supermarket prices, and business closures.
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