Mayo no events posted in last week
North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?
?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?
US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty Anti-Empire >>
Promoting Human Rights in IrelandHuman Rights in Ireland >>
Migrant Hotel Residents Film And Laugh as Protesters Clash in Islington Sat Aug 02, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred Nine people have been arrested after protests in Islington turned ugly over a hotel housing asylum seekers, with migrants seen laughing and filming from the windows.
The post Migrant Hotel Residents Film And Laugh as Protesters Clash in Islington appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Record Number of Over-60s Referred to Prevent Amid Explosion in ?Extreme Right Wing? Views, eg Likin... Sat Aug 02, 2025 15:00 | Toby Young The over-60s are being referred to Prevent in record numbers for their susceptibility to ?extreme Right-wing? ideology, with red flags including liking the Dambusters and owning the complete works of Shakespeare.
The post Record Number of Over-60s Referred to Prevent Amid Explosion in ?Extreme Right Wing? Views, eg Liking The Dambusters appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
GB News is Now Britain?s No1 News Channel Sat Aug 02, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred Just four years after launch, the People's Channel has toppled the BBC to become Britain's most-watched news channel, beating both the Beeb and Sky in key July slots.
The post GB News is Now Britain?s No1 News Channel appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Red Cross Pays For Dependents of Asylum Seekers to Relocate to Britain Sat Aug 02, 2025 11:00 | Toby Young The Red Cross is paying for the families of hundreds of migrants granted asylum to relocate to Britain. Confronted about this by the Telegraph, Yvette Cooper blamed the Tories. Shock!
The post Red Cross Pays For Dependents of Asylum Seekers to Relocate to Britain appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Scottish Prison Officer Sacked For Refusing to Call Male-Born Trans Prisoners ?She? or ?Her? Sat Aug 02, 2025 09:00 | Toby Young A Scottish prison officer has been fired for refusing to call a male prisoner (who thinks he?s a woman) 'she' or 'her'. But with the Free Speech Union's help he's fighting back.
The post Scottish Prison Officer Sacked For Refusing to Call Male-Born Trans Prisoners ?She? or ?Her? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en
Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en
The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en Voltaire Network >>
|
Shell compound access blocked for 16 hours
mayo |
sci-tech |
news report
Wednesday March 30, 2011 20:06 by Rudiger - RSC rossportsolidaritycamp at gmail dot com 0851141170

Last night and this morning, Shell were blocked from accessing their newly created compound in Aughoose for 16 hours after a protester locked on underneath an IRMS security van that was blocking the entrance. Members of the local community and Rossport Solidarity Camp kept vigil throughout the night, worried that IRMS might try to use similar violence to the night that Willie Corduff was beaten up while under a lorry at the Glengad compound in 2009.
 Shell out In an effort to intimidate campaigners at around 7am about another 40 private security men from the firm IRMS joined the 30 already present and in the presence of former army Ranger Jim Farrell and manager of the firm violently attacked supporters. Jim Farrell personally assaulted a number of protesters but with his close relations with Gardaí in the area (he also employs former Westport Superintendent Pat Doyle) he seems to act with impunity with regard to any law in dealing with protesters.
At around 8am, Gardaí arrived with cutting equipment led by Supt. Patrick Diskin of Belmullet Garda Station. However orders on the ground seem to be coming from Sgt. James Gill who has a long and troubled past in dealing with Corrib protesters. Indeed the day before a court case was due to be heard in Ballina Circuit court, where Sgt. Gill is alleging that he was slandered on the road at the Bellanaboy protests in October 2006 by prominent campaigner Pat O'Donnell. This court case was adjourned after the Judge Raymond Groarke recused himself from hearing the case, but how is it to be believed that Sgt. Gill could then come and deal with Corrib protesters in a fair manner? It is worth nothing that the time of the alleged slander in late 2006 was also the time when the most wide scale of the Garda violence against Corrib campaigners occurred. It is also worth noting that Sgt Gill's brother scaffolding firm AGS has worked on Corrib and also that Sgt Gill sits on the Corrib Project Monitoring Committee with Shell. (At the Ballina Circuit Court sitting Maura Harrington was also due for sentencing for cases relating to protests in 2008 & 2009, however the Judge chose to suspend the sentences issued by the District court)
In the Frontline Human Rights report one of the recommendations that they make is “that Gardaí who have been involved for long periods in policing work on the Corrib gas dispute be deployed o other duties, such as community policing”. However the Gardaí have refused to carry out this recommendation and a lot of the incidents of violence seem to be carried out by the same few Gardaí.
This morning as the Gardaí cleared the area around the security van, one protester climbed up on his own van with a video camera in order to film the Garda cutting team. However under instruction from Sgt Gill, the protestor had his hands handcuffed behind his back on top of the van and was then passed down to the Gardaí below. However before his removal Garda MY129 felt the need to squeeze the protestors by the balls. Some of Garda MY129 previous violence can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSMF4GgnC_I
This protester was arrested but released shortly after without charge.
When the Garda cutting team commenced trying to remove the protester, they initially attempted to cut the bicycle D-lock that was around her neck. However they failed and instead resorted to cutting the exhaust pipe of the security van around which the D-lock was. The cutting procedure was carried out by Garda Hugh Egan who also has a long and checkered past in dealing with Corrib protesters and during the cutting procedure he caused needless pain to the person under the van. After being cut out the protester was arrested but also released without charge after about 20 minutes.
Overall it was a very successful action and shows that despite large security numbers backed up by some Gardaí, strategic and planned actions can cause significant delays to Shell.
If your wondering why you should get involved read a recent article by William Callaghan of Dublin Shell to Sea entitled "Corrib struggle is about what kind of Ireland we want": http://www.shelltosea.com/content/corrib-struggle-about...-want
We are also asking campaigners from around the country to come up straight away or join us for the Days of Action this Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd April. Accommodation & food provided, donations welcome. email rossportsolidaritycamp@gmail.com or text 0851141170 for details.
 Preparations for Lockon
 Tight squeeze
 7am - IRMS occupy public road


|
View Comments Titles Only
save preference
Comments (9 of 9)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
Jim Farrell IRMS and the Gardaí
Gardaí removing protestor from the roof of his own van
Garda cutting team
Earlier blocking of tractor carrying bogmats
.
Preparations for Lockon
Great work over there in Co. Mayo. Keep it up. Joining you soon.
the height of respect to all those who fight for justice up in mayo, your brave actions are inspirational, keep up the fight!
see you soon, the truth will come out
Great to see the Shell Out banner giving the message. Garda Commissioner take note please about the many times Gardas Egan and Gill have been mentioned in relation to behaviour towards protestors and the dependence of successive Superintendents on them. i wonder why?
hope to make it down soon! Stay safe.
Solidarity from all at Giuseppe Conlon House in London.
Heading to "The Pipe" screening in Brixton tonight with Mayo Mary
who lives near the CW Cafe.
Stay staunch.
All good here
This States equivalent to "Fox News",R.T.E.,is every bit as good as Libyas State media.That matter needs highlighting on every available Twitter,facebook etc .Hardly anyone in the whole country know what's going on around the Corrib.Fight fire with fire.Send out fake newsbursts,like "oil spill","traces of radiation found in Corrib area","beached whales" etc.That will get em running.
Normally the best way to fight fire is with water. Occasionally fire is needed to clear an intermediate zone and do limited damage, thus exhausting flamable material and halting the conflagration.
The analogy breaks down when it comes to disinformation and corporate propaganda. You dont fight pseudo-science with pseudo-science, or lies with counter-lies. That only confuses the issue. Thats the 'if ya cant lick em join em zone'. I aint ready to expand the arsehole population yet, its getting on fine on its own without me, so I'll try to keep to straight information and as close a line to truth of some kind as I can manage.
Fighting fire is not a job for hot-heads. Your recipe would feed the media smear job that Shell thrives on, from Ogoniland to Shellmullet.