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Shell opposition groups boycott Mayo forum

“Shell to Sea would wholeheartedly welcome any open forum if it was willing to deal with Corrib gas project in its totality. Shell to Sea also object to the pressure various community and development groups in the area have been put under to take part in the Government sponsored event.”

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Irish government announce new initiative to sort Corrib gas issue

The arrival of the pipe laying ship the Solitaire in the area earlier this year led prominent Shell to Sea protester Maura Harrington to stage a hunger strike which she only halted when the ship left Irish waters

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New forum on Corrib gas project set up

A NEW Government-backed initiative on the Corrib gas project expects to begin hearings “within the month”, according to the two Ministers involved.

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Shell protester accused of ‘lunge’ towards President

SHELL TO Sea protester Maura Harrington has appeared in Belmullet District Court accused of “lunging” towards President Mary McAleese at the official opening of a civic centre in Belmullet in April of 2007.

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Ministers meet locals on Corrib project

TWO GOVERNMENT Ministers have described as “very constructive” a series of discussions on the controversial Corrib gas project held with politicians and community groups in Ballina, Co Mayo.

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A plea for calm on the unquiet sea

When a ship arrived last month to begin laying pipes that would bring gas from the Corrib field onshore at Mayo, protesters took to their kayaks and Maura Harrington declared she would starve herself to death if it didn’t leave.

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Brockovich urges Shell to reroute gas pipeline in Ireland

Erin Brockovich, the campaigner who was immortalised in an Oscar-winning film, today urged oil giant Shell to reroute a controversial gas pipeline in the west of Ireland.

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MAURA HARRINGTON ENDS HUNGER STRIKE AS SOLITAIRE LEAVES IRISH WATERS

Shell to Sea salutes the courage and tenacity of Maura Harrington throughout her hunger strike, and we wish her a speedy recovery for her ordeal in the company of her family. Her action has resonated around Ireland and the world, and has shone a light of publicity upon the situation in Erris, publicity which Shell and the Government of Ireland have tried with all their power to deny us.

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Mayo groups call for Corrib gas talks

Labour Party president Michael D Higgins has also called on the Government to “take seriously the genuine desire of many” to “bring peace to north Mayo”.

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Maura Harrington Corrib pipeline hunger strike: “indulge potty protesters and you end up with Sarah Palin”"

We shouldn’t occupy ourselves too much with the whys or wheretofores of Shell’s pipeline project. At this stage one is required to believe that the pipeline is either quite safe or the product of a mass conspiracy by every authority in the country

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