People walk along motorway towards Dublin Airport as fuel protests continue

People walk along motorway towards Dublin Airport as fuel protests continue9 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAdam Mandeville,Catherine DoyleandJake Wood,BBC News NIPA MediaPeople have been seen making their way on foot with their luggage to bypass the heavy traffic on Dublin's M50 northbound towards the airportPeople have been seen walking with their luggage along Dublin's M50 towards the airport as vehicles block roads during fuel protests in the Republic of Ireland. The army has been called in to help remove vehicles blocking roads, with the Irish police now treating protests at fuel depots as "blockades".Travel in parts of the country has been affected for the third day in a row, with slow-moving convoys protesting against high fuel prices caused by the US and Israeli war against Iran. It is understood Irish Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon will meet with representative bodies on Friday. Speaking to Irish broadcaster RTÉ on Thursday, Minister of State Timmy Dooley said it was his understanding that invitations had been extended to representative bodies "to continue the dialogue that started last week", but that the government would not be meeting with representatives from the protesters. Earlier, the Irish Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan, said there would be "legal consequences" for the protests."It might not arise today or tomorrow but people have licences to drive vehicles, those licences will be affected."O'Callaghan added that he expected insurance coverage to become "void as a result of the owner of the equipment deciding to voluntarily get involved in such illegal activity".Gardaí (Irish police) can request the assistance of the Irish army in "aid to the civil power... when required".In a statement on Thursday, a gardaí spokesperson said the force was "moving to an enforcement phase" unless those blocking access to critical infrastructure &quo...