Fuel-price protests cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway

<p>Irish drivers told to buy only fuel they need as filling stations run out and hauliers and farmers block motorways in fourth day of action</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/11/middle-east-crisis-live-iranian-officials-arrive-in-islamabad-for-conditional-peace-talks-with-us">Middle East crisis live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Protests over fuel prices have caused chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway in a knock-on effect from the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/10/iran-war-live-updates-trump-ceasefire-strait-hormuz-israel-lebanon-hezbollah">conflict in the Middle East</a>.</p><p>People in Ireland were urged to only buy fuel they needed as 100 fuel stations ran out, and the National Emergency Coordination Group warned the number could rise to 500 on Friday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/10/fuel-price-protests-chaos-ireland-norway">Continue reading...</a>