#IRELAND: Truckers Stage Mass Fuel Price Protest In Dublin

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The Tom Clarke Bridge/East Link Bridge in Dublin is blocked at both ends due to a fuel prices protest by truckers who are demanding Transport Minister Eamon Ryan resign and want diesel capped at €1.20 a litre and petrol at €1.10. 

Fuel is currently selling for around €2 a litre amid spiralling inflation and the protesters say they won’t move until their demands are met.

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#IRELAND: Dublin Elects First Sinn Féin Party Mayor

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Críona Ní Dhálaigh, Sinn Féin councilor and "Dub, born and bred," has been elected as the new Lord Mayor of Dublin by the city's 63-member council. Ní Dhálaigh replaces Christy Burke after an agreement was made that a Sinn Féin councilor would take over the position during the centenary of the 1916 Rising.