Irish truckers doubt British measures to attract drivers will work

Petrol station pumps have run dry in major British cities as drivers queued for hours to fill their cars.

A man carrying fuel containers at a Tesco Petrol Station in Bracknell, England. Picture: PA Wire

Irish truckers say they remain confident that the huge disruption evident in Britain delivering to petrol stations will not be repeated on this side of the Irish Sea because the haulage industry had acted quickly to diversify in the run-up to Brexit. 

Aidan Flynn, general manager at industry group Freight Transport Association Ireland, said the scale of the driver shortages in Britain that has led to panic buying of fuel was mostly caused by the fallout from Brexit, as many British firms had failed to adequately prepare before the hard-Brexit deal struck in late December.