Coalition denies latest measures a direct response to blockades, but faces further headaches

The seeds of this week’s disruption were sown in meetings in late March and fomented in online forums and WhatsApp groups

Fuel protests movement vows to extend disruptive actions into weekend as talks under way for solution

Geoghegan (57), who has come to prominence in this week’s protests, claims to have settled tax bills

Further relief measures possible, but only through established channels

Employers’ body Ibec says escalation is jeopardising ‘several cornerstones of Irish economy’

Minister for Public Expenditure drawing up proposals for levy on other departments to address underfunding

If the current crisis continues, the principles of protecting tax payers and maintaining fiscal discipline could collide

Minister says supply of fertiliser may only be enough to last country’s farmers until mid to late April

Think tank says projected completions for this year and next ‘remain below level needed’ to start closing demand-supply gap

Next move will have implications for meaning of Irish neutrality

Evidence of Limerick-produced alumina entering Russian military supply chain ‘horrific and shocking’, says Labour’s Ivana Bacik

Inside Politics: Ministers sign off on cuts to excise duty for petrol and diesel

Jack Chambers to brief Cabinet on plans aimed at speeding up critical infrastructure delivery

Conflict seen as ‘greatest global energy security threat in history’, as Simon Harris says global economic shock cannot be ruled out