Peadar Tóibín: “These excise hikes must be halted or things will become unaffordable for many dependent on vehicles for work and life.”

They're benefiting while the customer takes the hit. This is wrong and it’s unfair.

People power has forced the Government to change its approach as 'they could not take any more' and took to the streets.

He called for an additional €2.5bn to be spent on defence.

Indeed, I would say the Government is incinerating taxpayers' money at a rate in those terms.