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Five arrested at fuel protest in Cork; 10c cut to petrol and diesel, carbon tax hike postponed

Tánaiste Simon Harris, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and, Minister of State Sean Canney speaking at the Government Press Centre in Dublin. Picture: Cillian Sherlock/PA Wire

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