Fury over price hikes erupts as tractors spark chaos on roads

Ballygowan farmer Sam Hanna and his dog Roy have joined the protest on Sydenham by-pass in Belfast, as the National Fuel Protest against rising fuel prices continues. 

Sam and his his border collie Roy are one of the lead tractors in the protest.

He described the rising price of fuel as the “final nail in the coffin”.

“The south have got 505 million out of it, to the farmers and all,” he said.

“It’s probably a few pounds per litre but it’s still money getting back, and it’s only figures on a page for them boys, they’re not living in the real world like us and trying to scrimp and scrape. Nobody has savings nowadays.

“Any money you get it’s to keep you going and keep things ticking over and just joining the dots.”