Farmers, hauliers and bus drivers are continuing to block roads and fuel terminals for a fourth day of protests over rising prices.
Government will be meeting with official haulier, farming and forestry representative bodies later today, but despite claims last night its understood they won't be talking to protesters.
The army remains on standby as fears rise of shortages caused by blockades at fuel plants in Cork, Galway and Limerick.
Thomas McGrale, a farmer from Leitrim, is among those protesting on O'Connell St in Dublin and says they've been receiving lots of support from locals: