Retailers criticise truckers' decision to 'block Dublin Port' in protest against high fuel prices

Truckers on the N7 Dublin this morning. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

Dublin motorists are bracing themselves for a traffic standstill this morning, as a haulage body protests against rising fuel prices, despite pleas from businesses in the capital to call it off.

The Irish Truckers and Haulage Association Against Fuel Prices was set to be joined by some farmers in the day-long demonstration, as business leaders slammed the timing of the protest as counter-productive and incendiary.