BREAKING: Traffic chaos on Kildare motorway as vehicles come to a halt
A protest is taking place about the cost of motor fuel and home heating oil
Traffic movement has been brought to a virtual standstill on northbound of Kildare's busiest route this morning.
It's happening as a nationwide protest is taking place about the spiralling cost of buying petrol, diesel ad home heating oil.
The convoy at the head of the protest was led by lorries and cars, some with the Tricolour flying from the vehicles.
Given the slow pace of the convoy, which is headed by a garda patrol car with the blue lights activated, it is likely that the traffic hold-ups will spread further north towards the Dublin direction and into the capital.
The gardaí say they are aware of "proposals for vehicle gatherings and associated public activity" today.
They say their understanding is that it is proposed that convoys of vehicles (including HGVs, agricultural and plant vehicles) will gather at various locations across the country. It is understood that the proposed convoys, potentially slow moving, will travel primarily along national primary routes.
"It is proposed that some of these convoys will remain in regional locations, and some will travel to Dublin to congregate in the Dublin region.
If the convoys materialise and congregate, it is expected that there will be significant additional traffic, including slow-moving vehicles, on the main arteries leading to Dublin and in the vicinity of large urban areas across the country."