Irish Farmers' Protest Highlights Decades of Agricultural Discontent

When tractors don’t go home: How last week’s protest fits into six decades of farm anger

It was mainly tourists who witnessed the second tranche of tractors and trucks leave O'Connell St at 8.30am on Sunday morning. It was quite a subdued affair in the end after a fractious few days around the country where at times it looked like the country could grind to a halt.