Rossport Solidarity Camp Returns to Glengad with a Fresh Call Out for Action

Posted on August 26, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Corrib Gas Project, Environment, Gas, Ireland.

Going back to an outrageous incident during the occupation of the beach by Gardaí and Shell security on Friday 22nd, a Garda bearing the number GW198, who refused to identify himself after kicking a young boy on the beach has been accused of assault by his mother who witnessed the whole incident.

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Corrib Gas Project: Garda accused of assaulting boy

Posted on by John Donovan.
Categories: Corrib Gas Project, Environment, Gas, Ireland.

Last Thursday (August 21), the day before the alleged incident, Gardaí arrested eight Shell to Sea activists involved in demonstrations at sea at Glengad. Gardaí and Shell security have been maintaining a cordon at Glengad, where Shell contractors are preparing a landfall for the offshore pipeline.

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Fishermen refuse to make way for Solitaire

Posted on by John Donovan.
Categories: Corrib Gas Project, Environment, Gas, Ireland.

…a Garda Superintendent last night deemed the Corrib gas protest ‘very volatile’ and called for protestors to ‘take a step back’.

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Fishermen seek State help in Shell Corrib pipeline row

Posted on by John Donovan.
Categories: Corrib Gas Project, Environment, Gas, Ireland.

Shell EP Ireland said last week that it would move the gear temporarily to a “safer location” if the O’Donnells and several other fishermen did not lift the gear themselves.

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Fishermen accused of ‘taking Shell’s shilling’ resign from EIFA

Posted on August 25, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Corrib Gas Project, Environment, Gas, Ireland.

Mr Patrick O’Donnell told the Mayo Advertiser that the statement gave a “totally misleading view” of recent events surrounding the Corrib gas project and added that he has been forced to resign from the EIFA to maintain his lawful fishing rights.

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Oil Companies Take a Punt on Offshore Ireland

Posted on August 21, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Corrib Gas Project, Gas, Ireland, Oil.

The only commercial discovery made in the area is the Corrib gas field, found in 1996 and expected to come onstream in 2009 after being beset by delays.

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Irish Environment department turns on Shell

Posted on August 19, 2008 by John Donovan.
Categories: Corrib Gas Project, Ireland.

SHELL was yesterday criticised by the Department of the Environment (DoE) for providing ‘deficient’ and ‘inadequate’ information in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) it submitted to An Bord Pleanála for the new onshore Corrib pipeline route.

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