BARRICADE KEY POINTS ON HIGHWAYS
A nationwide, one-day demonstration was staged in Ireland January 9 by farmers seeking increased government aid and subsidies. They blocked roads and bridges to emphasize their demands. An estimated 30,000 farmers used tractors, trucks, trailers. and carts to halt traffic on key highways and bridges.
Cars were backed up for long distances where the improvised barricades had been put up. The entire provincial bus system was stalled. — , ; a
The farmers have been hard hit by bad weather and -- more importantly -- by the effects of the recession in Britain engineered by the Wilson government.
Most Irish farm products are sold on the British market.