Further reductions of duties on fuel and a delay in a carbon tax increase have been announced by Irish premier Micheal Martin after an emergency Cabinet meeting agreed on a response to the fuel crisis following major protests.The size of the package announced on Sunday is around 505 million euro (£440 million), and comes on top of 250 million euro (£218 million) worth of measures announced almost three weeks ago.

Further reductions of duties on fuel and a delay in a carbon tax increase have been announced by Irish premier Micheal Martin after an emergency Cabinet meeting agreed on a response to the fuel crisis following major protests.The size of the package announced on Sunday is around 505 million euro (£440 million), and comes on top of 250 million euro (£218 million) worth of measures announced almost three weeks ago.