Ireland Calls Out the Army—Against Its Own Citizens!

About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing fuel blockade in Ireland and the government's response to the protests.

Ireland has entered day four of a nationwide fuel blockade, with farmers, truckers, and agricultural contractors shutting down oil refineries and fuel depots from Cork to Galway to Dublin, over 100 petrol stations have run dry, and the Irish Defense Forces are now on standby to forcibly clear the protesters. The spark was a fuel price spike driven by the Iran War — but this is decades of Irish government failure finally detonating in the streets: carbon taxes, EU green energy mandates, cultur...

People in this episode

Host: Andrew F. Branca

Topics covered

• fuel blockade
• protests
• government failure
• Irish Defense Forces
• fuel prices
• agriculture
• civil unrest

Keywords

• Ireland
• fuel blockade
• protests
• Irish Defense Forces
• Iran War
• fuel prices
• government failure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Irish Defense Forces

Places: Ireland, Cork, Galway, Dublin

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