BREAKING: Major update on blockade at Foynes Port

“WE’RE on our way home,” announced Deputy Richard O’Donoghue in a social media post from the protest at Foynes Port this Sunday.

The County Limerick TD said he just had a meeting with people who have attended the peaceful protest in Foynes. The group had been onsite protesting since last Tuesday over the cost of fuel and the impact it is having on their livelihoods.

“We've taken a vote with the people that have been here for the last five or six days in Foynes - the hauliers, the agricultural contractors, the people that have been here and the community,” said Mr O’Donogue.

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He said they are going to pull out of Foynes at 1pm this Sunday.

“We are going to pull out peacefully as we came in peacefully at one o'clock today.

“I'd like to thank everyone in the communities, the businesses, and the support that we've had from our homes and we're on our way home. We're leaving at one o'clock. Thank you,” said Mr O’Donoghue, in the short video message which he posted on his Facebook page.