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January 2013

Donal O Kelly on RTE Radio speaking about Ailliliú Fionnuala

By: 
RTE

Listen to Donal O Kelly talk on RTE arts show Arena about his show Ailliliú Fionnuala

The show can be heard here: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/arena/programmes/2013/0128/364969-arena-monday-28-january-2013/?clipid=986839

Upcoming shows are in Sligo, Manorhamilton and Maynooth - details here: http://www.donalokellyproductions.com/?p=337

Posted Date: 
31 January 2013

Supreme Court dismisses Corrib challenge

By: 
Áine Ryan - Mayo News

 THE Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the validity of Compulsory Acquisition Orders (CAOs) for the original Shell pipeline route in north-west Mayo. Media reportage, after last week’s decision,  failed to clarify that the route has been significantly changed since these proceedings were taken in the aftermath of the jailing of the Rossport Five in 2005.

Posted Date: 
29 January 2013

Benbo Productions presents Ailliliu Fionnuala

By: 
Leitrim Observer

Donal O'Kelly

Donal O'Kelly

 

Posted Date: 
29 January 2013

Eddie Hobbs on the Saturday Night Show - Ownership of Ireland's Resources.

By: 
RTE

 [Shell to Sea] Eddie Hobbs who is now campaigning with a group called Own Our Oil was on The Saturday Night Show with Brendan O'Connor last Saturday.  He spoke on the oil and gas giveaway.

Posted Date: 
28 January 2013

Political Courts

By: 
Robbie - Gluaiseacht Newsletter Autumn 2012

 I was brought up with the view that the courts we have in Ireland are about truth and justice.  That courts are about finding dishonesty or wrongdoing and holding that person to account. That the higher up the court system you go the more likely you are to get better justice.  This view is reinforced every day in the media.

Posted Date: 
25 January 2013

The Supreme Court Judgment that lets Frank Fahey off the hook

By: 
Frank Clarke - Supreme Court Judge

[Shell to Sea] Below is the Supreme Court Judgement overturning Judge Mary Laffoy's decision to allow the court challenge into the granting by Frank Fahey of Compulsory Acquisition Orders over land in Rossport. In dismissing the court challenge Judge Frank Clarke stated that allowing the case to proceed would "render the regime for timely challenges to public measures largely ineffective and be apt to lead to significant injustice".

Posted Date: 
25 January 2013

Dedicated to our comrade & great friend Niall Harnett.

Tracey Ryan - “Niall always stood up for what he believed in. He was strong and brave and one of the most stubborn people I ever met. He never did what he was told, he always did things on his own terms and we loved him for that. He put his heart and soul into everything he did from opposing the war in Iraq to the struggle against Shell in Mayo.”

Maura Harrington - “He was a passionate environmentalist and musician and I think he moved to Mayo in 2007 or 2008. A defining characteristic of Niall’s for me was his huge research into the law and his sincere willingness to rely on it, which did not always mean he received justice,

Posted Date: 
25 January 2013

Sudden death of Corrib campaigner causes shock

By: 
Áine Ryan - Mayo News

TRIBUTES have been paid to the late Niall Harnett, a leading Corrib gas protestor, who died in Dublin last Thursday after a brief illness. A member of Shell to Sea and Rossport Solidarity Camp, Mr Harnett, who was aged 47, was jailed for five months in 2010, after an altercation with gardaí. He also came before the District Court in Mayo on many occasions and was known for his passionate defences and his knowledge of the law. 

A keen traditional musician, Mr Harnett was involved in several environmental campaigns over the years including the Shannon anti-war protest and the more recent campaign in 2011 for the release of County Offaly pensioner, Teresa Treacey who was jailed for refusing to allow the ESB and Eirgrid on her wooded lands near Tullamore.     

His funeral service, which was held at Christ Church, Taney, followed by cremation at Mount Jerome crematorium yesterday afternoon, was attended by large numbers of friends from north west Mayo.

Posted Date: 
24 January 2013

Supreme Court rejects Shell pipeline challenge

By: 
Ann O’Loughlin - Irish Examiner

The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the validity of compulsory acquisition orders for the Shell pipeline project in Co Mayo.

Posted Date: 
24 January 2013

Shell Corrib Gas Project mired in corruption allegations

By: 
John Donavan - RoyalDutchShellPLC.com

The graphic message below was apparently sent by email earlier today to Michael Crothers, the Chief Executive of Shell EP Ireland and Royal Dutch Shell CEO Peter Voser.

Posted Date: 
24 January 2013