By John Donovan On Tuesday 3 April, a film crew from a national TV broadcaster spent 7 hours filming at my home in Colchester and nearby locations. The filming continued outside the Shell Centre for 3 hours yesterday. I am indebted to all who assisted, including Shell to Sea spokesperson, Maura Harrington. The feature is [...]
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Oil giant Shell announces new Corrib gas chief
The Irish Times – Tuesday, November 22, 2011 ÁINE RYAN SHELL HAS announced the appointment of a new managing director at the Corrib gas project. The communique came as local protest groups yesterday declined an invitation to contribute to a joint Oireachtas committee hearing on offshore resources and their exploration. Michael Crothers is a Canadian [...]
Corrib gas objectors denied entry to hearing
Corrib gas objectors denied entry to Oireachtas hearing The Irish Times – Wednesday, September 28, 2011 PAUL CULLEN SECURITY STAFF at the Houses of the Oireachtas yesterday refused entry to a group of opponents of the Corrib gas terminal who had travelled from Co Mayo to attend an Oireachtas committee. The group of 15 Shell [...]
Irish resistance against Shell Corrib project continues
Issued by Shell to Sea Wednesday 20 th July 2011 11am Shell to Sea protest halts Shell’s peat works for second day At 10.30 am this morning Shell to Sea campaigners stopped work for the second day in a row at the Bord na Móna site at Shramore, near Bangor, Co. Mayo. They are [...]
Maura Harrington update on Shell Corrib project
Dear John, I’ve attached for your perusal up to the minute stuff connected with the proposed Shell/Corrib project in north Mayo. There are two attachments from the Peoples’ Forum proceedings held at the weekend – Mrs Joy Phido’s was printed as a supplement and included with the main copy of contributions. Mrs Phido’s willingness to [...]
Shell’s battle for the heart of Ireland
Ed Vulliamy: The Observer, Sunday 29 May 2011 This land is our land: pipeline protesters Willie and Mary Corduff at the quay at Rossport. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Observer If the sea is calm, you can hear the traffic in New York,” goes the local introduction to the breathtaking beauty of Erris, in the [...]
Protestors blockade Corrib Natural Gas building
Corrib building blockaded as Shell AGM held in The Hague and London Áine Ryan: 17 May 2011 AS ROYAL Dutch Shell holds its AGM in The Hague and London today (Tuesday), protestors blockaded the Corrib Natural Gas building in Belmullet, to highlight the giant oil companys huge profits. The small group of Shell to Sea [...]
Harrington undertakes not to interfere with Shell activities
Tuesday, 05 April 2011 14:00 Well-known Shell to Sea activist Maura Harrington has given an undertaking to the Circuit Court not to interfere with workers employed by Shell in their operations at Glengad. The undertaking was given by her defence on behalf of Maura Harrington, Doohoma, Belmullet, who had custodial sentences imposed in the District [...]
Corrib Gas Dispute: Statement by Maura Harrington to An Bord Pleanála hearing
On 12 October 2006 Harrington sustained head and neck injuries while Gardaí cleared demonstrators blocking an access road used by Shell workers. On 9 September 2008 she began a hunger strike in protest at the arrival of the Solitaire, an Allseas pipe-laying ship assisting Royal Dutch Shell’s Corrib gas project.
FT: Irish grass roots clog Shell gas pipeline
EXTRACTS As the road approaches the Shell gas terminal at Ballinaboy on Irelands Atlantic west coast, only the posters pinned to the telegraph poles give any hint of the countrys longest-running environmental protest. …for the past four years this remote but beautiful corner of north Mayo has been the setting for a bitter industrial dispute. [...]
Environmental Showdown on the Irish Coast
Along with making martyrs of five soft-spoken family farmers, the imprisonments took the mask off of Shell’s already clumsy public relations effort. “If we had been living in a country that allowed hanging, would Shell have asked for them to be hanged?” asks the wife of one of the Rossport 5. It’s a question that many here have pondered as clashes with police have grown increasingly violent.
Briefing from the Rossport Solidarity Camp on the Shell Corrib Pipeline battle
Today, at the end of the traditional Good Friday walk around 30 people entered Shells land to walk down to remove the net. We were met by around 40 security. We attempted to remove the net and the security attempted to stop us… During the struggle, a pair of scissors was produced and the net was cut in two. After, we all left together; there were no arrests.
Corrib talks collapse over basic ‘disagreement’
The discussions were the first between Rossport Five members and Shell since the five were jailed for 94 days in 2005. Their imprisonment arose from their opposition to the routing of the high-pressure Corrib gas onshore pipeline.
Update on opposition to Shell Corrib Gas Project in Ireland
Rossport Solidarity Camp Update – 14th March 09 This is a brief update on the recent jailing of Maura Harrington, the attack on Niall Harnett and other recent legal updates. Summary of the Update Below Maura Harrington has been jailed for 28 days (now in her 4th day). Please send her a postcard. Shell Work [...]
Norris questions judge’s ruling in Shell to Sea case
A minister of the day had given this field away for nothing to Shell, which was one of the worst polluters and one of the most avid multinationals. He would be very sorry if, the Garda having been enlisted on behalf of a multinational, the court system should then begin to play a role in this matter.
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