Nov 23, 2022
Protesters gathered in front of a shuttered power station on Sunday to demonstrate against the Irish government's banning of a natural and abundant fossil fuel just in time for the winter energy crisis. A large group of mostly rural individuals gathered at the closed Shannonbridge Power Station on Sunday afternoon to protest against the Irish government's continued green agenda drive in the face of the ongoing energy crisis. The station was closed back in 2020 as part of an EU-supported government drive to drastically reduce the use of turf in Ireland, a natural fossil fuel that can be easily obtained using a shovel from bogs throughout the country. As part of this green drive, the government has now outright banned the commercial sale of turf on the island entirely, drastically curtailing the ability of ordinary citizens to obtain the locally sourced traditional fuel at a time when fuel bills are rising dramatically. "We are demonstrating to maintain our right to continu
