From 8 a.m. onwards a crowd of protestors gathered at the junction between the main road the refinery site is on and the ’materials haulage route’ - which is a road for construction traffic.
There was a brief sit down protest and a march to the gates of the refinery site commenced.
Upon arrival a phalanx of police attempted to push people away from the gates, and three residents were arrested on public order charges.
There is to be a national day of action at Ballinaboy on Friday the 20th of October.