After initially stating that nationwide protests would take place on Friday (November 13), the group behind the action has seemingly scaled back its plans.

As Agriland reported this morning, 'The People of Ireland Against Fuel Prices Protest' group, which was one of the groups involved in protests earlier in the year, had said it planned to hold protest action in all counties as well as Dublin city.

The Dublin protest, if it went ahead, would coincide with meetings taking place this week of some 50 heads of government and heads of state, in what has been cited as the biggest policing operation in the history of the state.

These include a meeting of the European Political Community, and a meeting of EU heads of state and government in the European Council.

However, in a subsequent update this afternoon, the group said that, while a protest in Dublin is still set to go ahead, the nationwide protests and vehicle convoys will not go ahead.

"We have been made aware that An Garda Síochána will be taking a zero-tolerance approach to road blockages, rolling protests and any disruption to traffic in major towns and cities throughout the country," the protester group said.

"Many of the people supporting this campaign are truck drivers, farmers, hauliers, recovery operators, small business owners and ordinary workers who depend on their vehicles and driving licences to earn a living. We are simply not prepared to put people’s driving licences, jobs, businesses and livelihoods at risk," the group stated.

The group also claimed that it was "a major mistake" that they did not protest immediately after the announcement of Budget 2027.

The group acknowledged that, currently, the "appetite for another nationwide protest simply isn't where it needs to be".

The fuel protest group said it wants to "make absolutely clear" that the Dublin protest is still going ahead.

It is understood that the protest in the capital is planned to begin at 12:00p.m.

The group said that the Dublin demonstration will begin from the General Post Office (GPO), which will be followed by a march towards Dublin Castle.

The group has called on its members to maintain emergency access for all roads and to avoid "deliberate obstruction of motorway or arterial-road traffic".

It is understood that, outside of Dublin, some individual local groups my decide to proceed with some level of informal protest action.