The blockade at Galway Port by fuel protesters has ended following an early morning garda operation.
The Garda Public Order Unit, along with uniformed gardaí, dismantled a make shift barricade and began to clear the area shortly before 8am.
Overnight protesters had constructed a barrier of railings, wooden pallets and felled trees along the bridge leading to the terminal at the Port of Galway, which is a key fuel depot.
Protesters also parked trucks and tractors on both ends.
Once gardaí had the railings, pallets and felled trees removed, the Public Order Unit then moved in directing protesters to leave.
Many did so peacefully although some were resistant.
A line of gardaí from the Public Order Unit are now securing the bridge leading to the port's terminal.
A number of trucks and tractors remain there following the end of the blockade.
The fuel protests - which also involved blockades of the oil refinery in Cork and an oil depot in Limerick - strangled fuel distribution across the country.
Roads were also blocked throughout the country, including Dublin's O'Connell Street. However protesters have been cleared from there following an overnight garda operation.
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