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March 2012

Corrib gas protester complains after being threatened with pepper spray

By: 
Lorna Siggins, Western Correspondent

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Ireland has expressed concern over an incident in north Mayo where a critic of the Corrib gas project had his car window broken and was threatened with pepper spray at a Garda checkpoint.

The Garda has declined to comment on the incident, which was referred yesterday to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. The incident occurred on February 22nd in Glengad, close to the worksite for the final phase of the Corrib gas project.

Posted Date: 
3 March 2012

Breakdown of trust appears widespread

By: 
Lorna Siggins, The Irish Times

THE COMPLAINT filed yesterday with the Garda ombudsman is the latest in a series associated with policing of the Corrib gas project, reflecting what the Front Line human rights defenders organisation has described as a “breakdown of trust”.

That lack of trust now appears to have spread to communities living closest to the new approved pipeline route through the Sruwaddacon estuary, with a number of residents who had not been involved in protests before recently removing road signs associated with the project.

Posted Date: 
3 March 2012