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August 2012

Pat Rabbitte disrupted at energy conference

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C - RSC

This morning members of Rossport Solidarity Camp disrupted Pat Rabbitte while he spoke at a conference at the Science Gallery in Dublin entitled "The Future of Energy: Dreams and Responsibilities"[1]

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Banners reading "Shell's Pet Rabbit" and "Corrib is not a Dream - It's a Nightmare" were held up just as Pat Rabbitte began speaking. After the banners were forcibly removed Pat Rabbitte was challenged on ignoring his responsibilities to the community in Mayo, that are facing a daily Shell occupation.[2]

Posted Date: 
31 August 2012

“Ar Scáth a Chéile: Sustaining Hope and Humanity” Transcript of Local resident Betty Schult speaking on the theme of 'Occupation under Shell'

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Occupation Local resident Betty Schult at Afri’s event organised in association with Friends of the Earth - 19th August 2012.

 

Occupation

Local resident Betty Schult spoke on the theme of occupation at Afri’s event organised in association with Friends of the Earth entitled “Ar Scáth a Chéile: Sustaining Hope and Humanity”  in Glenamoy Community Centre, County Mayo, on the 19th August 2012.

 

Posted Date: 
28 August 2012

Pat 'The Chief' O'Donnell - Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin

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By Dave Donnellan Monday, 27 August 2012 00:27

 

Posted Date: 
28 August 2012

Arrest at Rabbitte lunch

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Sunday Times

A man was arrested in Dublin on Friday (24th August 2012) following a dispute in a hotel involving Pat Rabbitte, the Labour party minister for communications.

Rabbitte was having lunch in Buswells hotel, opposite Leinster House, with Peter Stewart, a former director of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), when a middle-aged man approached his table. "This man is selling off our oil and gas while Irish people have been evicted," the man shouted at Rabbitte.

Posted Date: 
27 August 2012

Nnimmo Bassey - Dublin Interview

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Dave Donnellan

 

Nnimmo Bassey, the chair of Friends of the Earth International, visited Ireland recently. In this interview he shares some impressions of his visit.

Posted Date: 
27 August 2012

Occupation - Local resident Betty Schult

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Dave Donnellan - YouTube

 

 

Occupation

Posted Date: 
24 August 2012

Nnimmo Bassey, Leah Doherty & Pat O'Donnell speaking in Dublin

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planxtysumoud - YouTube

Part 1: Nnimmo Bassey on Fracking & Shell in Ireland 20-8-2012.mp4

Posted Date: 
23 August 2012

August 2012 - A Week of Blocking Shell

By: 
neo - RSC

This week Shell have recommenced work, eager to get a move on after the whole TBM-in-a-ditch saga. The Tunnel Boring Machine is still in the Bellanaboy refinery and they haven't made an attempt to move it the last 2km to Aughoose yet. Most of the work seems to be laying a track down from the back of Bellanaboy along the proposed route of the pipeline. So of course we at the solidarity camp have been very busy too:

Posted Date: 
23 August 2012

Gas Exploration Issues: An Irish Case Study

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Natural Gas Europe

[Shell to Sea] Below you can read the comments of Elizabeth Muldowney, the former Energy Officer with An Taisce until late 2011 and who now works with KFV who now works as a consultant for Big Oil & Gas.  In an amazing re-writing of the past and present Ms Muldowney statees The offshore Corrib field

Posted Date: 
23 August 2012

Second reading - second opinion

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Monica Muller - Letter to the Mayo News

Dear Sir,

I quite agree with Mr Hegarty's assertion that 'Corrib coverage should come with more balance.' Unfortunately, Mr Hegarty does not believe that it applies to him too.

While his article is very flowery in language, it is short of facts.  The abnormal load haulage of the tunelling machine was not carried out  in compliance with the Permit haulage route restrictions and  was in breach of the Traffic Management Plan approved haulage route.

Posted Date: 
22 August 2012