Shell to Sea campaigner attacked at sea last night

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Shell to Sea

Garda tells campaigner, “I have your last breath in my hands”

At approximately 7pm last night a number of Shell to Sea campaigners entered the water in Broadhaven Bay in kayaks and rafts in a peaceful attempt to prevent Shell from bringing in a borehole drilling platform. They were met with 5 Garda water unit boats, with approximately 16 Gardaí on board.

Campaigners attempted to approach the platform but were prevented from doing so by Gardaí who overturned their kayaks.

One of the campaigners, Eoin Lawless managed to get close to the platform. When Gardaí overturned his kayak, he swam under the platform. A Garda then jumped into the water after him, and without giving any instruction proceeded to drag him from the water into the near by Garda boat.

Shell to Sea Fisherman Pat “The Chief” O’Donnell to be released Saturday 17th July

Event Notice: Protest at Castlerea Prison, 14:00, Saturday 17th July.

Mayo fisherman Mr. Pat O’Donnell is due to be released after 158 days in prison on July 17th. Mr. O’Donnell was sentenced to 7 months imprisonment on relatively minor charges as a consequence of his opposition to Shell’s proposed inland refinery and experimental raw gas pipeline. Mr. O’Donnell is now the longest serving Shell to Sea prisoner. The Rossport 5 served 94 days in prison in 2005.    

 

Mr. O’Donnell possesses fishing rights along the pipeline route which are constitutionally protected and cannot legally be extinguished. He refused Shell’s offers of money to drop his opposition, opting instead to protect his livelihood.

 

[See a clip of Pat standing up to the Solitaire: http://www.thepipethefilm.com]

Appointment of ombudsman to Corrib gas advised

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Lorna Siggins - Irish Times

A FORMER board member of Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil has advised that the appointment of a new ombudsman trusted by “all stakeholders” may be the only route to resolution of the Corrib gas dispute in north Mayo.

However, the Government should never have permitted construction of the gas infrastructure in the current location, Stein Bredal, a former trade union representative on Statoil’s board, said in Galway at the weekend. Statoil is a partner with Shell and Vermilion Energy in the Corrib gas project.

Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0712/1224274512343.html

BEAT THE BOREHOLES!!

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Rossport Solidarity Camp

Hi all, there`s a message from Pat from jail saying a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for all the post he got!

Stop Shell Hell in Mayo in 2010.

A continuous mass act of civil disobedience is planned against Shell this Summer in Mayo, Ireland.
Shell plan to drill up to 80 boreholes to survey the Sruth Fhada Chonn estuary for their proposed raw gas pipeline. We plan to stop them! Work will start in July & continue till mid-October. The idea is that groups or individuals pledge to stop a borehole at a some time this summer. Actions could range from walking out on the sands to boarding drilling rigs. The aim is to get each of the 80 boreholes assigned a Beat the Borehole group. Between local groups, national Shell to Sea groups, other supportive political groups, groups from abroad, student groups, surfers, kayakers we might just do it! The project is already a decade late and threee times over budget; impressive for a small community fighting one of the biggest multinationals in the world!

Link: 

http://www.rossportsolidaritycamp.org/content/beat-boreholes

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