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Protesters and Gardaí at Whitegate in Co Cork

Protesters and Gardaí at Whitegate in Co Cork. Video: Barry Roche

Gardaí remove fuel protesters at Whitegate, Co Cork. Video: Barry Roche

Garda presence at Whitegate, Co Cork. Video: Barry Roche

Gardaí public order units remove protesters from Whitegate. Video: Barry Roche

Day 4 thoughts from the O'Connell Street fuel protesters. Video Natalia Campos for The Irish Times

Donal Byrne and John Dallon, fuel protest representatives, were refused entry to talks at the Department of Agriculture with the government.

John Dallon, a spokesman for the fuel protesters, again put the onus on the Government to end the truck blockades. Video: Alan Betson

O'Connell Street protesters speak to Ronan McGreevy about the ongoing protesting in Dublin and across the country. Video: Ronan McGreevy

Lieut Gen Rossa Mulcahy, Defence Forces chief of staff, talking about army’s upoming role in the fuel protests.

Gardaí advise protestors to ‘immediately cease blockades of critical infrastructure or face the full rigours of the law’