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Shell to Sea Halt Illegal Shell Works for a Day
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Wednesday October 21, 2009 21:21 by Jen Debender - RSC
"A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing" - Garda Greg Burke MY165 Today, Wednesday 21 October, Shell to Sea stopped work at an illegal Shell site for the entire day when a campaigner climbed onto the arm of a digger which was laying bog mats, in preparation for drilling works. Shell moved into Glengad this morning, preparing to drill bore holes in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). Shell to Sea maintain that this work is illegal, because Shell do not have planning permission from An Bord Pleanála for the onshore pipeline yet; it is due within the next day or two. Shell confirmed this morning that the only authority they are relying upon to carry out drilling in Glengad is permission from the landowner, but in order to drill on an SAC, Shell must get the permission of the Minister for the Environment under the the EC Habitats Regulations. Mayo County Council was not aware that there was any work being carried out in Glengad today. |
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Climbing up
Security ID of the IRMS guard who endangered the climber's safety
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Solidarity to the mighty few who stood against the SHell machines!
Well done! 6 hours is a long time to be sat up on top of a digger. Keep it up!
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Well done, all the defenders of the land. Interesting that the thuggish 'security' boys were reined in by their boss; have they realised that their excesses have scored own goals I wonder.....
long live the resistance!
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mind they don't try to penalise on a section 3.14 of emitting rainbows on private property as a provocation to peace without displaying a license.....
well done all of you,
that comment about 'after dark' - have any of their usual floodlights been set up at the site?
just came from talking to Cork Coca Cola workers who had scabs move in on their strike yesterday and so are now also keeping a 24hour watch at their bottling plant where they've chained the stock in - none of them have any current income, and now that Coke have upped the ante requiring them to monitor it 24hours they'll surely be feeling the same drain that those in Mayo have had to withstand for so long.
Attached a rundown of their situation below but there's nothing up online since its escalated to a 24 hour watch.
Keep it up! Love and admiration. Especially for getting the IRMS man's security ID up on the web. It'll help tackle the culture of impunity. You can be sure IRMS keep an eye on Indymedia.
Have just watched the latest edition of the programme Would You Believe?. I thought Willie and Mary Corduff came across very well and were proof (if any was needed after nine years of struggle) of some of the suffering that has been going on in the local community of Rossport caused by the illegal activities of Shell and the Government (Fianna Fail). Mary and Willie also showed that love will triumph. Congratulations also to the programme's producers and director.
Well done Mr and Mrs Corduff and to all the Corduff family for your loyalty to one another, your community, the environment but also your faith in God. Which should be an example to all of what true faith means. It is two and a half years since Willie won the Goldman Environmental award. Maybe now he should meet with the new President.
God Bless you Willie and Mary
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True. I didn't get to see this but maybe people can pass on their gratitude for RTÉ actually showing something pro-Rossport
Would you Believe that RTE showed a programme that didn't make all the protestors look like terrorists.
You can see the programme online here:
http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1058558