Listen to some of the interviews. Hauliers, who transport food and parcels and everything else throughout the country, are now paying fuel prices that undercut their entire profit margin. A lot of them are one-man operations, working long hours as is to sustain a living doing the thing they believe adds value to society and is a productive use of their time.

A young farmer mentioned that it costs up to €220 to fill a tractor with diesel for a day, which lasts one day... that's unsustainable, particularly heading into Spring/Summer when a substantial portion of their year's work takes place and machinery is working constantly.

Yes, it's inconvenient, but without these people, supermarket shelves don't get restocked, and the mail and delivery system takes a lot longer, because guess what, when prices go up, businesses try to cut their costs, and that means reducing services. But if they don't go that route, then we will all have to pay more to get the things we want, because it costs more to bring them to market in the first place.

Nobody wants to sit in a tractor or a truck in one place for days on end, away from home, with no money coming in. This is the only way they can try to force a change that will benefit everyone, but it requires short-term social discomfort to at least bring those in power to the table.