{
  "id": 5732343,
  "title": "Fuel supports among main topics of IRHA annual conference",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/fuel-supports-among-main-topics-of-irha-annual-conference",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-05T06:36:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0905/1590418-irha-annual-conference/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Irish Road Haulage Association's (IRHA) annual conference focuses on fuel supports, transport regulation, decarbonisation and Ireland's future supply chain on its second day. Thousands of hauliers and transport operators are in Killarney, County Kerry, for the event. This year's conference arrives as the sector struggles with increasing fuel costs, stricter regulations and worries about the competitive future of Irish haulage.\n\nSenior government officials, policymakers and industry leaders will gather for what is expected to be a crucial discussion on the transport sector's future. The IRHA president, Ger Hyland, emphasized that the ministers responsible for transport attending the conference highlights the gravity of the challenges facing the industry.\n\nHyland urged caution in the removal of fuel supports, warning that it could lead to inflation and exacerbate the cost of living crisis. He highlighted that withdrawing fuel supports now would be detrimental to hauliers already facing mounting expenses. Hyland cautioned that any decision to unwind fuel supports would place unsustainable pressures on hauliers already battling escalating costs, potentially pushing many out of business before Christmas.\n\nMinisters for Transport Darragh O'Brien and Seán Canney, along with Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae, MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, Independent TD for Offaly Carol Nolan, and MEP Seán Kelly will attend the conference. The IRHA has also organized a display of vintage trucks outside the Gleneagle Hotel to celebrate Ireland's trucking heritage and showcase the latest heavy goods vehicles, trailers and transport technology.",
  "summary": "Fuel supports, transport regulation, decarbonisation and the future of Ireland's supply chain are set to be the focus of the second day of the Irish Road Haulage Association's (IRHA) annual conference.",
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    "IRHA conference focuses on fuel supports, transport regulation, decarbonisation",
    "Thousands of hauliers and transport operators attend in Killarney, County Kerry",
    "Ministers O'Brien, Canney, Healy-Rae, Nolan, Kelly to discuss transport sector's future"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}