Forecourts could run out of fuel 'as early as Thursday' due to blockades at Whitegate, Foynes and Galway terminals

National Fuel Protest at Shannonpark Roundabout Cork on the N28. Picture: Larry Cummins

Forecourts around the country could run out of petrol and diesel as early as Thursday because terminals in Cork, Galway and Limerick are being blocked by protestors, Fuels for Ireland has warned.

Its chief executive Kevin McPartlan told the Irish Examiner the blocking of the Whitegate oil refinery in Cork, as well as two depots in Galway and Foynes has “locked up” 50% of the country’s fuel.