Ireland’s sinister media crackdown over the fuel protests
From our UK edition
Last week, when Irish farmers and hauliers began their protest about the rising cost of fuel, they were dismissed as far-right by the government and much of the mainstream media. The protesters blocked O’Connell Street, motorways, the M50 (the equivalent of the M25, and just as horrid) and Ireland’s only oil refinery, as Liz Walsh
