A FUEL blockade that has been erected at the entrances to the Shannon Foynes Port Company and fuel terminal at Foynes, Co Limerick, is to stand down at 1pm this afternoon, organisers said.
A decision to open the blockade, which was erected six days ago, came after a vote among protestors was taken earlier.
It was anticipated that a garda public order unit, which had opened blockades at Cork on Saturday, and Galway on Sunday, would travel to Foynes next.
The protest at Foynes had remained peaceful throughout.
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Speaking Sunday, Independent Ireland TD, Richard O’Donoghue, who supported the blockade at Foynes, said: “I’ve just had a meeting with the people that have been here for the last five and six days, here in a peaceful protest here in Foynes, and we’ve taken a vote with the hauliers, the contractors, agriculture contractors, the people that have been here, and the community.”
“We are going to pul out of Foynes here today peacefully, as we came in peacefully, at one o’clock today,” said Deputy O’Donoghue.
“And I’d like to thank every one of the communities, the businesses, and the support that we’ve had from our homes.”
“We’re on our way home, we’re leaving at one o’clock. Thank you,” he added. The group had been onsite protesting since last Tuesday over the cost of fuel and the impact it is having on their livelihoods.