There are many ways to assess the Government’s response to the fuel crisis and the protests it has sparked. After all, amid the claims and counterclaims, it is difficult to draw a line between the reality and the rhetoric – from both the protesters and the Government. At a fundamental level, the protests and the blockades – which led the Government to allocate a further half-billion euro to support members of the haulage, farming and contracting industries – were driven by a sense among citizens that they were being excluded from the broader conversation. However, this is overly simplistic. After…

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