Lunchtime Protest at Norwegian Embassy- Thursday 23rd August

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 22:02 by Shell to Sea dublinshelltosea at gmail dot com www.shelltosea.com 087 610 7620

protest the giveaway of Ireland's natural resources

D'iarr Shell chun Sáile orainn theacht ag Ambasáid an Ioruaidh, 34 Sráid Theach Laighin, BAC 2, ar an Déardaoin seo, 23 Lúnasa, ag 1 p.m.

There will be a Shell to Sea Protest at the Norwegian Embassy, 34 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, on Thursday August 23rd at 1.00 PM

Protect Irish Natural Resources

Shell to Sea will be holding a short protest at the Norwegian Embassy, Molesworth Street Dublin (near the Passport Office) on Thursday at lunchtime, to highlight the fact that Norwegian citizens will see much more benefit from the Corrib Gas Field than the people of Ireland.

The event is also to publicise the fact the Shell to Sea will have an information stall as part of the Cool Earth Fair in the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures this weekend (Sat and Sun 25/26th August). To highlight Statoil involvement in the Corrib Scheme, the campaign will have a Norwegian-themed stall, with leaflets outlining how people can apply for Norwegian citizenship.

Through governement ownership of Statoil, the Norwegian people will own 25% of Corrib gas. The people of Ireland own zero per cent.

A scheme like the Rossport/Bellanaboy pipeline and refinery project would not be allowed in Norway for health, safety and community consent reasons. Nevertheless the Irish government insists that the scheme must go through.

Here in Ireland we will see no lasting benefit from the exploitation of our own oil and gas. However the government of Norway has managed to make sure that that oil and gas revenues will help that country long into the future. People who have protested against the scheme on environmental, health and safety, or political grounds have been persecuted by the Gardaí and many now face prison sentences.

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Beidh seastán i nDún Laoghaire mar chuid den Féile Olldomhanda, oscailt ó 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Satharn 25 agus Domhnach 26 Lúnasa, i Halla an Cho. Dún Laoghaire, Bóthar Marine.
The Shell to Sea stall in Dun Laoghaire will be part of the Cool Earth Fair -open from 11am – 6pm, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th of August in Dun Laoghaire County Hall, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire.

Beidh Shell chun Sáile ag reachtáil seisiún eolais i Halla Healy's i nGleann na mBuaidh ar an Satharn 25 Lúnasa 2 - 6 p.m.
The Shell to Sea campaign will also be holding an information session in Mayo at Healy's hall in Glenamoy on Saturday 25th August from 2-6PM.

Beidh lá agóide eile ar siúl ag suíomh na scaglainne ar maidin an 14 Meán Fómhair seo chugainn .
There will be a large scale protest action at the site of the proposed Shell refinery in Mayo on the morning of September 14th.