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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Irish police clear Dublin blockade staged by fuel price protesters

Police officers and onlookers stand on O'Connell Street, with a police car and lorry near them
O’Connell Street on Sunday after the police operation to remove protesters. Photograph: Cillian Sherlock/PA

Police have cleared a blockade of central Dublin by farmers and hauliers who were protesting about fuel prices, signalling a possible end to six days of protests that have rocked Ireland.

Mounted units and hundreds of officers regained control of O’Connell Street in a peaceful operation that emptied the thoroughfare of trucks and tractors on Sunday morning.

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