{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/69dcb693daa5b95957b834e2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘We Just Want to Be Heard,’ Says Louth Fuel Protester - 13/04/2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/1776070617192-d60551ea-15d5-49db-919d-299f0863fd6f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A business owner in Louth has said fellow fuel protesters “want to be heard” as disruption and delays on Irish motorways continued over the weekend.</p><p><br></p><p>Shane Bowhan, who operates a small minibus company, said he was joining the demonstration because the rise in fuel prices is “just not viable”.</p><p><br></p><p>HGV and tractor drivers have continued to impede journeys to express their discontent with the Government’s response to surging fuel prices as a result of the war in Iran.</p><p><br></p><p>Protests that began as slow-moving convoys have escalated to include the blockading of fuel depots and the Whitegate oil refinery in Co Cork.</p><p><br></p><p>Shane says that the Government needs to “step up and admit that there’s a problem”.</p><p><br></p><p>Shane joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}