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November 2012

Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders

By: 
Margaret Sekaggya

[Shell to Sea] It is interesting to note that 2 out of the 20 recommendations that the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders made for the Government had to do directly with Corrib.

Posted Date: 
30 November 2012
Link: 

http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=12823&L...

Shell to Sea campaigners met UN rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

By: 
Mayo Advertiser

  Last week Mrs Margaret Sekaggya, the UN special rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, met a delegation of 10 people to discuss the issues they face regarding the Corrib Gas Project. The delegation comprised seven members of Shell to Sea, Kilcommon parish priest Fr Michael Nallen, and two members of the human rights monitoring organisation Table Observers: Sr Majella McCarron and Donal Ó Mearáin.

Posted Date: 
30 November 2012
Link: 

http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/57055/shell-to-sea-campaigners-met...

Kerry gas project could cost Irish consumers dear

By: 
Valerie Flynn

Shell’s Corrib gas and Shannon LNG prices will rise if Shannon LNG wins court case over being forced to pay for the  gas interconnector which it won’t use

A high court challenge to certain Irish gas tariffs by Shannon LNG could pave the way for Shell to raise the prices it will charge for gas from the Corrib gas field in Mayo.

Posted Date: 
27 November 2012
Link: 

http://www.villagemagazine.ie/

Corrib Gas bill set to top €3bn

By: 
Gordon Deegan - Irish Examiner

 The rising bill on the Corrib Gas project is to top almost €3bn before the end of next year, new figures show.

Posted Date: 
27 November 2012
Link: 

http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/corrib-gas-bill-set-to-top-3bn-215...

17th Anniversary of Ogoni Nine marked at Shell HQ, Dublin

By: 
Fight Like Hell - Shell to Sea

 A stalwart group from Shell to Sea in Mayo do not let Shell forget Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight comrades who were judicially hanged 10 November 1995.

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Posted Date: 
27 November 2012
Link: 

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/102788

Corrib Gas Partners will spend €3bn before any gas flows

By: 
Gordon Deegan - Irish Times

The rising bill on the controversial Corrib Gas project is to top almost €3 billion before the end of next year, new figures show.

Posted Date: 
27 November 2012
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/1127/1224327142390.html

UN official critical of conditions in Irish prisons

By: 
JOANNE HUNT

A United Nations special rapporteur has criticised overcrowding in jails and the lack of a complaints procedure in Irish prisons.

Margaret Sekeggya, a Ugandan magistrate and special rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders, was in Ireland this week to evaluate the situation of those who promote and defend human rights.

Ms Sekeggya, who met Minister for Justice Alan Shatter during her visit, said cell conditions, sanitation and “slopping out” in Irish prisons had already received “international condemnation” and had been deemed “cruel, inhuman and degrading”.

Posted Date: 
25 November 2012
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1124/1224327041960.html

UN Special Rapporteur “concerned” about Shell to Sea protesters

By: 
Michelle Hennessy - TheJournal.ie

Margaret Sekaggya said there is “tangible frustration amongst local residents who are standing up for their rights”.

File photo of UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya.

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, has said she is concerned about the challenges faced by those protesting the Corrib Gas project in Mayo.

Sekaggya was speaking in Dublin today at the end of her five day visit to Ireland.

The special rapporteur met with a delegation of ten people on Wednesday which included seven members of Shell to Sea.

She said she was concerned about “the situation and challenges faced by defenders and activists defending the right to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, particularly those peacefully protesting against the Corrib Gas project”.

“There is tangible frustration amongst local residents who are standing up for their rights and feel powerless, isolated and have lost trust in public institutions”, she said.

Posted Date: 
23 November 2012
Link: 

http://www.thejournal.ie/un-human-rights-shell-to-sea-687708-Nov2012/

Shell to Sea meet UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

On Wednesday, Mrs Margaret Sekaggya, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders met with a delegation of ten people to discuss the issues they face with regard to the Corrib Gas Project [1]. The delegation comprised seven members of Shell to Sea, Kilcommon parish priest Fr. Michael Nallen and two members of the human rights monitoring organisation Table Observers, Sr. Majella McCarron and Donal Ó Mearáin.

Mrs Sekaggya is visiting Ireland in order to evaluate the situation of human rights defenders in the country and will present a report with her findings to the UN Human Rights Council in March next year.

The Shell to Sea Submission to Mrs Sekaggya is available here and Maura Harrington's personal statement is available here.

State concern over oil investors after blast

THE 1980 government was worried about scaring off potential oil company investors if it placed too much emphasis on the finding of the Whiddy oil terminal disaster tribunal that the two firms involved were seriously at fault.

Link: 

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfeyauqleyoj/rss2/