Global Action Call For Top Oil Protest In Dublin.

dublin | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Thursday October 30, 2003 18:48 by antrophe - Global Action UCD. antrophe at hotmail dot com

Global Action, UCD has decided to call for a picket for Top Oil, Amien Street, Dublin (down the road from Connolly Station) next Monday, November 3rd at 4pm.

The picket will take place in solidarity wth the Pitstop ploughshares Five, who have a pre-trial hearing on November 3rd for the "crime" of disarming a military plane. The NUI Galway Ecology Society is holding a protest at the Galway Oil Company offices on Forster Street (the local wing of Top Oil) on the same day.

The company which re-fuels the American military at Shannon is called Top Aviation Fuels. This is a subsidiary of Top Oil, a sub-section of Tedcastle Holdings, part of the business empire of the Reihill family. Top Oil also trade in domestic heating oil, have filling stations throughout Ireland.

The Pit Stop ploughshares have called for solidarity vigils at Irish Embassies & Consuls and sites of significance on Monday November 3rd.

Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon, Damien Moran and Ciaron O'Reilly will appear for mention in the Four Courts on Nov. 3rd. They face to counts of criminal damage (200 euro & 2.5 million euro) and a maximum sentence of 10 years if convicted at trial. Charges arise out of their Feb. 4th. nonviolent disarmament of a U.S. Navy War Plane at Shannon Airport (County Clare) en route to the war on Iraq.

The five hope to be accomPAnied to court by Gareth Pierce who freed the "Guilford 4", "Birmingham 6" and successfully defended the "Seeds of Hope ploughshares" and "Quaker ploughshares" (see www.ploughsharesactions.org). It is expected a trial date will be set on Nov. 3rd. The five have been on bail (banned form a mile radius of the U.S. embassy, banned from County Clare, required to sign on twice a week at a Garda Station).

Top are refuelling US warplanes in Shannon. If we can hit their profits through a boycott it won't make sense for them to continue to refuel war planes at Shannon.