April 10 (UPI) -- Protests against high gas prices brought parts of Dublin, Ireland, to a standstill, causing the number of service stations without any fuel to rise to 100 on Friday, local officials said.
Demonstrators in vehicles -- including tractors -- took part in slow-moving convoys and blocked roads throughout the capital city to protest the high fuel prices caused by the United States and Israel's war on Iran, the BBC reported. The protesters were also blocking ports where oil shipments arrive, fuel depots and the only fuel refinery in Cork.
RTÉ reported that plenty of fuel was available in the country, but with the blockades, much of it can't get to the service stations where it's needed.
Taoiseach Mícheál Martin told RTÉ the country was on the verge of having to turn away oil deliveries due to the demonstrations.
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