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Joe Higgins MEP condemns sinking of Shell to Sea activist's boat

category national | environment | news report author Thursday June 11, 2009 21:09author by Joe Higgins.eu - Socialist Partyauthor email info at joehiggins dot eu Report this post to the editors

We need a public investigation into the events

Joe Higgins MEP (Socialist Party) has publicly condemned the sinking of the Iona Isle fishing boat this morning near Rossport. This boat, owned by Pat O'Donnell, a prominent Shell to Sea activist in Mayo and fifth generation fisherman, was boarded by four masked men in the dead of night. They held Pat and his crewman hostage for an hour and a half, before leaving them stranded on a sinking boat. The fishermen only barely managed to inflate their lifeboat in time to escape alive before the boat sank.
Joe Higgins MEP wants to use his new platform to assist community struggles
Joe Higgins MEP wants to use his new platform to assist community struggles

This sinister attack on a prominent Shell to Sea protester marks a new low in the attempt to intimidate people from standing up against Shell's pipeline and refinery. Pat O'Donnell is lucky to be alive today and this attack follows a vicious assault on Willie Corduff by other masked men only a month ago.

A full public investigation must be launched into these crimes. The role of Shell's private security company, Integrated Risk Management Services (IRMS), must be fully investigated in that process.

Shell spent $9.6 million this week to settle a lawsuit which claimed it was complicit in the execution of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other campaigners in 1995. This illustrates just how far it is willing to go to protect its obscene profits. Shell and IRMS should be removed from the project, the billions of euro of gas should be nationalised and brought ashore in a safe manner for the benefit of ordinary people across Ireland.

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   And A Public Inquiry into R T E ?     James Kelly.    Thu Jun 11, 2009 22:16 
   Too right, Joe     lulu    Thu Jun 11, 2009 22:19 
   two questions     Art    Fri Jun 12, 2009 00:18 
   This is amazing     Blacbloc    Fri Jun 12, 2009 01:29 
   Need for a Public Investigation     observer    Fri Jun 12, 2009 05:52 
   Public inquiry on behalf of or actually BY the public?     Duine Amhain    Fri Jun 12, 2009 09:06 
   So where is Paul Williams?     Scribbler    Fri Jun 12, 2009 09:10 
   Focus     Focus    Fri Jun 12, 2009 09:39 
   Pat O'Donnell Warned Ministers That He Would Be Attacked     matt    Fri Jun 12, 2009 13:06 
 10   The men in masks     Guardian vs Williams    Fri Jun 12, 2009 13:41 
 11   Cuffe     H    Sat Jun 13, 2009 14:04 
 12   “Right to an effective remedy”     Seamuseen    Sat Jun 13, 2009 17:53 
 13   for Bazooka Joe     M    Sat Jun 13, 2009 20:02 
 14   I fully agree     Alana    Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:02 
 15   That IS the statement     Topper    Sun Jun 14, 2009 13:14 
 16   Why will you not show this statement?     Bazooka Joe    Sun Jun 14, 2009 15:18 
 17   pique     Eddie    Sun Jun 14, 2009 15:33 
 18   The statement is the article     Joe Higgins.eu    Sun Jun 14, 2009 15:37 
 19   Are Shell the problem?     Janus    Fri Jun 19, 2009 02:09 


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