Galway Top Oil Protest
galway |
anti-war / imperialism |
news report 
Tuesday November 04, 2003 14:09
by Kieran Cunnane - Fwd from NUIG Eco Soc
kierancunnane at eircom dot net
091 770067
A group of peace protesters gathered on Monday to picket the Galway Oil Company offices. Galway Oil being the local distributers of Top Oil, the company which provides pit stop services to the U.S. military at Shannon, including re-fueling.
A group of peace protesters gathered on Monday to picket the Galway Oil Company offices. Galway Oil being the local distributers of Top Oil, the company which provides pit stop services to the U.S. military at Shannon, including re-fueling. They then went and leafleted Shop Street - main street in Galway, asking people to boycott Top Oil.
Other local distributers of Top Oil include - Mid Western Oil Products and Ennistymon Oil in Clare, John Dunne oil in Castlebar, Kelly Fuels in the North, and Ger Conway Oil in Kildare. The Top Oil Boycott Working Group within the Irish Anti-War Movement is currently developing plans for a rolling campaign against the company, with weekly actions in different parts of the country. The action in Galway was simultanous with a picket of the Top Oil station in Amien Street, Dublin, and with the occupation of the Aviation Authority building also in Dublin. These actions were part of a day in solidarity with the Pitstop ploughshares Five, who disarmed a military plane in Shannon on February 3rd, and who had a pre-trial hearing on Monday.
