Ireland erupts in trucker protest over sky-high fuel taxes
Truckers and their big rigs, along with farmers and their tractors, have broken out in mass protest over high fuel taxes in a demonstration reminiscent of Canada's 2022 Freedom Convoy.
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It almost unbelievable, but Ireland has a trucker convoy of its own.
They’re protesting against their government, just like Canada’s truckers did. Farmers are joining in, too. Bus drivers.Thousands of grassroots Irish people who are fed up with being ignored and mistreated by their government.
Fuel costs are the issue that seems to have sparked this. But it’s been simmering for a while.
Seeing those big trucking rigs and major farm equipment, in peaceful protest really reminds me of what Canada went through in 2022. Those brave Canadian men and women helped save the country by standing up against the government.
Maybe it will be the case in Ireland, too! But there’s a dark side to it. Ireland’s police — called the Gardai — bizarrely, has a deputy commissioner who is Canadian.
And — just like Canadian police four years ago — she was threatening peaceful Irish protesters with a brutal response.
In fact, it looks like Ireland is using the Canadian playbook. They’ve even gone further, calling in the military.
Will they invoke martial law? Will they seize bank accounts of peaceful protesters? Will they arrest peaceful truckers and farmers, and put them in solitary confinement?
That all sounds crazy, but that all happened in Canada under Trudeau. And it looks like a Canadian cop is running the show.
The ordinary Irish people — farmers, truckers, bus drivers, and all of their supporters — have taken to the streets to protest the high fuel taxes. They've blocked highways, a port, a refinery and even streets in Dublin, Ireland's capital.
Tonight, you'll hear from the actual protesters to give you the real story.
They’re regular people with few friends in powerful places. Everyone’s against them — the political class, the media, Ireland’s countless NGOs. That’s the dangerous part: angry politicians, backed into a corner.
Everyone’s against them, except the people and independent journalists like Rebel News.
Will that happen to these lovely truckers and farmers? We’ll find out soon if the politicians blink and lower their fuel taxes — or if they’re just toying with the farmers. Rebel News will keep you informed.
COMMENTS
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Karl Holba commented 2026-04-13 12:37:24 -0400I would not want to get the Irish too riled up. They can fight hard when they want to. I hope they succeed. The political and bureaucratic class are evil. -
Angela Watt commented 2026-04-11 11:55:05 -0400That’s what we SHOULD have done in Canada – shut down all major highways but then again, the government froze bank accounts illegally but that doesn’t matter to them. The political elite will get what they want – the hell with the people they’re supposed to represent. -
Angela Watt commented 2026-04-11 11:44:31 -0400Ezra: You needed translations or close captions because I couldn’t understand most of what they said!!
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Angela Watt commented 2026-04-11 11:29:29 -0400And how did that work out for Canada? We need to do more of this rather than less – we need to ignore the government in order to get our POV’s out there because if we do nothing, things will get worse. Will the Irish government do anything? I bet they’ll just criminalize these people, just like Ottawa did with the truckers & the Canadian government is STILL fighting in court to reverse the fact that the government under Trudy made an illegal decision. So they’re doubling down, they have the power & there’s sweet tweet we can do about it unless we have another election in Canada. I doubt if one is even on the horizon once the 3 by-elections are done on Monday. The people in these by-elections are ignorant as to what is going on & we ALL LOSE because of their horrible decision.
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Tony Salotti commented 2026-04-11 06:50:52 -0400Keep reporting the real news Ezra . Rebel News is doing a great job !
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Sandra commented 2026-04-10 23:00:40 -0400thanks for reporting on Irish news. I only know of one news site in Ireland that reports independent news (gript.ie) however they don’t have videos, so the people of Ireland really appreciate your video reports.
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Matt Abrahams commented 2026-04-10 22:09:16 -0400Welcome to the New World Order, Ezra. Just wait; it’s going to get much worse.
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Bruce Atchison commented 2026-04-10 21:05:21 -0400What a great video! It brings back memories of our trucker rebellion. The government must listen to the people or suffer the consequences.
