Izzy is Free!

By: 
Shelver - RSC - Indymedia

 ... and the west's awake...

After a week and a half in custody, Shell to Sea activist Izzy Ní Graidim left Mountjoy prison yesterday at 1.30pm on temporary release! We'd expect that to turn into full release in a week's time when she's due back in there.

Back amongst friends :)
Back amongst friends :)

When we heard the news yesterday at the camp we were so overjoyed that we ran out onto the road to block the Lennon's quarry lorries hauling to Glengad. We had been planning a protest for today outside the prison, so after a bit of chat between folk in Dublin and here who had planned to travel over for it, we decided to call it off.

Talking to Izzy later on we learnt that the prison guards wanted her out to avoid the protest outside the prison! We were speculating that with the Gardaí working to rule at the moment the prison might have been worried about being blocked in for the day. Either way more power to protest, or even to the threat of it.

Posted Date: 
24 February 2013
Link: 

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/103324

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
Link: 

http://podcast.rasset.ie/podcasts/audio/2013/0128/20130128_rteradio1-are...

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
Link: 

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.314398108679872.71981.111173559...

Giving away family silver or reaping a bonanza?

By: 
John Hearne - Irish Examiner

Irish onshore and offshore oil and gas reserves could be worth more than €2tn, writes John Hearne

LAST year saw a renewed focus on the possibility of Irish economic salvation lying beneath the rocks in our territorial waters.

About 1.8bn barrels of oil were discovered at Barryroe off the coast of Cork in October. A month later, Petrel Resources said it found a further 1bn barrels in the South Porcupine Basin off the Kerry coast.

Tests show the possibility of a sizeable deposit at the Exxon Mobil-operated Dunquin field off the south-west coast, while Providence Resources, the company that is leading this new flurry of exploration, has been granted a license to drill an exploratory well 10km off Dalkey in south Co Dublin.

The fact that there’s oil in them there seas is nothing new. A 2006 study said in the Atlantic margin alone there were potential reserves of 10bn barrels of oil/gas equivalent. At today’s prices, 10bn barrels would sell for nearly a €1tn. A more recent study however has made even that life-changing sum look small.

In September, the pressure group Dublin Shell to Sea published a report which surveyed the total of Irish offshore and onshore resources. It estimated the total volume of gas and oil available in the 69 designated exploration areas at 21bn barrels of oil. That’s more than €2tn worth of black gold.

Posted Date: 
1 January 2013
Link: 

http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/giving-away-family-silver-or-reapi...

Richard Boyd Barrett raises question of Oil and Gas Wealth with Taoiseach

By: 
Richard Boyd Barrett - TD

[Shell to Sea] Richard Boyd Barrett challenged Enda Kenny in the Dáil on the continuing oil and gas giveaway using figures from Shell to Sea's "Liquid Assets" which is available here

Richard Boyd Barrett TD, People Before Profit/United Left Alliance raises question of Oil and Gas Wealth with Taoiseach, Enda Kenny (Fine Gael) during Leaders Questions on Wednesday, 12th December 2012.

Posted Date: 
12 December 2012
Link: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xICkD4ijyZ4

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