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1. Fuel price protesters say they will ease blockades after securing Government meeting

   Nationwide disruption continues as petrol station forecourts run low on supply due to ongoing blockades

2. Protester negotiators to attend large Government meeting tomorrow in ‘breakthrough’

   Live updates with delays on multiple motorway routes as well as significant disruption on Luas and Dublin Bus

3. Judge warns criminals could avoid jail after specialist garda stripped from busy court

   Complaints and unfairness will result from removal of sergeant role, he said

4. Fuel protesters’ blockade of Ireland’s only oil refinery to stay ‘until diesel capped’

   Irving Oil’s refinery at Whitegate in east Cork, supplies around 40 per cent of Ireland’s petroleum

5. ‘Out of fuel’: Co Clare garage runs short of diesel as queues form at some petrol stations

   Limerick filling stations reportedly place cap on how much fuel motorists can purchase as residents show support for demonstrators

6. Teachers to demand future pay rises match inflation

   ASTI defers proposal to seek 6 per cent rise until after forthcoming public service talks

7. Have your say: How have home-heating oil price rises impacted you?

   Home-heating oil prices rose by almost 70 per cent in March due to the Iran war, according to the CSO

8. Where are the fuel protests and which roads are closed in Dublin and across Ireland?

   The latest information on the protests, including M50 delays, road closures and public transport disruption

9. Number of migrants seeking help to return home nearly doubles as State spends €1.6m

   Citizens of Georgia accounted for more than 20% of applications under the Government scheme

10. Three Irish cyclists hospitalised after being hit by car in Spain

    Injured trio part of nine-person group from Cork that had travelled to Alicante for cycling holiday