Fuels for Ireland has confirmed the oil tanker Thun Gemini has docked at Galway Port
It has been stuck - unable to unload its six million litres of fuel - since Friday morning due to the blockade by fuel protestors that was in place
The blockade at Galway Port ended yesterday morning following a Garda operation, with some arrests but most protestors left peacefully.
The tanker will take around 12 hours to offload the fuel onboard - and it's expected normal operations will resume at Galway Port this morning.
Meanwhile O'Connell Street in Dublin has fully reopened this morning.
It follows an almost six-day-long fuel protest, where farmers, hauliers, and bus drivers blocked off the street to cars and public transport.
The Dail will vote tomorrow on the latest package of measures to alleviate the fuel crisis.
The Government package went further than was indicated by Ministers - providing for a 10c a litre cut to petrol and diesel and a 2.4c cut to marked gas oil from midnight on Tuesday, subject to Dáil approval.
It also needs to be given the nod by Europe to breach minimum tax requirements on diesel.
The carbon tax increase planned for May has also been postponed until October - representing the first time Ministers have broached any disruption to the tax.
Separately packages have been agreed for the agriculture and haulage sectors.
Hauliers will be given between 200 and 1200 euro per vehicle per month backdated to the 1st March
Coach and local link operators will also have support payments through their contracts with the State.
It brings the total intervention from the Government to more than 750 million euro with the previously announced excise cuts extended until July.
That will be paid for through the general Government surplus, but Ministers have warned the interventions, combined with lower economic growth due to the war in the Middle East, may leave them less wiggle room to announce new measures in the budget.
