Price of fuel ‘costing lives’, say protesters causing gridlock in Dublin

Farmers and other fuel-dependent workers blocked O’Connell Street for the second day in a row (Bairbre Holmes/PA)

Protesters with tractors have caused gridlock in Dublin city centre over rising fuel costs caused by the war in Iran.

Tractors were parked down O’Connell Street, and O’Connell Bridge was cordoned off, as farmers and other fuel-dependent workers blocked the capital’s main road for the second day in a row.