What have we learned from how the fuel protest was handled?
Gridlock at Shannonpark roundabout on the N28 from Shanbally / Ringaskiddy in Cork at around 5pm last Wednesday, April 8. Were the stirrings on social media over the Easter weekend missed entirely, or were they seen but underestimated? Picture: Larry Cummins
A bruised, battered Coalition faces a no-confidence motion against a backdrop of deep uncertainty about whether its €505m fuel package can even temporarily ease the anger and unrest seen across the country in the past week.
The scale, intensity, and speed of the protests, which began this day last week and quickly threatened to paralyse daily life, have rattled not just Government but the public.
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