Another Fuel Hike, Another Blow to Rural Ireland – Hauliers Describe Government as Deeply Out of Touch - 05/01/2026

Rural Ireland is being driven off the road by new punishing government imposed fuel taxes, transport charges and levies, with devastating consequences for small family run businesses across rural Ireland. That is according to Irish Road Haulage Association President Ger Hyland, who has described the current government as being completely out of touch with cost pressures facing rural Ireland.Mr Hyland was speaking in the wake of a series of new government imposed fuel taxes, new toll charges and fuel levies that kicked in on January 1st and now mean Irish drivers are paying the highest diesel rates in all of the EU.We spoke to Ger Hyland on The Agenda this morning to find out more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.