Rossport 5 Court Appearance

national | environment | event notice Sunday March 26, 2006 20:20 by brynn - Shell to Sea dublinshelltosea at gmail dot com

Protest at the Four Courts

The Rossport 5 are scheduled to appear in the Four Courts in Dublin on Monday March 27th at 10:00 a.m. (Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour this weekend!) Supporters will assemble outside: please join us! This issue remains unresolved, with Shell Oil and the Irish government persistent in their efforts to force this dangerous pipeline on the people of north Mayo.

The Rossport Five (Micheál Ó Seighin, Willy Corduff, Brendan Philbin, Vincent McGrath and Philip McGrath) are expected to attend the High Court on the morning of Monday 27th March. President of the High Court Mr Justice Finnegan was to deliver his final judgement on the case, but it is uncertain now whether Monday's hearing will include a final sentencing of the men. Members of the Shell to Sea campaign are planning to protest outside the Four Courts from 10 o'clock onwards.

Quote: Máire Ní Sheighin, of Dublin Shell to Sea, said: "This may well be one of the last appearances of the Rossport Five in court, so Shell to Sea activists from Dublin and Mayo will gather outside the court on Monday morning, to draw attention to the case, and to Shell and the government's continuing efforts to force a dangerous experimental high pressure gas pipeline on to the people of north Mayo."

The Rossport five received a standing ovation at the Green Party Annual Conference in Kilkenny which they attended on Saturday 25th March.

For more information call Tadhg McGrath on 0876181620.
dublinshelltosea@gmail.com