OscailtShell to Sea court cases - 11th JuneBelow is a rundown on a Shell to Sea case heard last week, and a brief update on some of the latest happenings.
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Its definitely worth a read if you have a half hour to spare.Shell Application for modified pipline routehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2308922008-06-19T14:16:26+00:00m.m.mccarronThanks Rudiger for a comprehensive account on events in Erris. It continues to b...Thanks Rudiger for a comprehensive account on events in Erris. It continues to be a very active place on a daily basis. Sometimes people ask what is happening. I explain that there is so much everyday that it would be tasking to tell it all. Thanks to Shell to Sea for regular updates. <br />
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I spent the past three days in the area by way of preparation to make a submission for a modified pipeline route which I took time to examine and discovered that a line was now a loop going around the back of 22 of the same houses enclosing them on three sides as a modification of its previous front of houses line. It is now using a 140 feet safety space! The loop on its way round the neck of the said houses could not find a 140 foot safety space. for two houses. Although the Shell application on modification has just been sent in, it tells us that arrangements have already been made for these two houses to remain uninhabited for the length of operation, which the application suggests will be anywhere between 15 and 20 years. Watch your houses! Shell does not wait for approvals - started the road to the landfall before An Bord Pleanala approval. Remember the assembling of a pipeline behind the bushes while awaiting a ministeral consent.<br />
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The widening of the road is being heartily policed. I counted five different Garda patrol vehicles and in the space of 2 hours my sightings of one or other got close to 20. This continues through the working day so with the security on the beach it is suggested as the most policed pennisula in Europe.<br />
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Ireland is gaining a name for intimidating and bullying behaviour and for demeaning its critics. Saying NO has become a hazard in this CARRY ON LISBON APPROACH of Goverment and its institutions.Disturbing echos of Nigeriahttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2309362008-06-20T03:33:04+00:00billy idleIts increasingly obvious that Shell intend to employ similar tactics to those us...Its increasingly obvious that Shell intend to employ similar tactics to those used by the company in the Niger delta - Therefore it is heartning to see Shell reaping what is has sown there with many of its operation over there at a standstill thanx to the actions of the Movement for the Emacipation of the Niger Delta or "MEND" along with many other groups.<br />
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Interesting too that as reported in the Irish Times recently resistance groups have refused to cooperate witha commision set up the government(well known that Nigeria has the most corrupt governence in Africa) along with the oil companies. MEND accused the commision of being an instrument of bribery and an attempt to break the united spirit of the people. Sounds all too familiar!!People bussed in to cause troublehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2309392008-06-20T09:38:18+00:00LPAny idea where the security might be sent from? Are they Irish?Any idea where the security might be sent from? Are they Irish?And you really don't know ...http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2310332008-06-21T23:13:15+00:00Catherine<br />
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the half of it ...Ireland of the Welcomeshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2311762008-06-24T17:43:50+00:00lulu......where you risk having goons making a movie of u & your family when u take .........where you risk having goons making a movie of u & your family when u take your children for a beach picnic, where residents are treated like trash in the way of Shell's designs, where a Garda will swear at 'English' visitors & tell them to **** off back to England......salute to the courage & endurance of the Rossport area people.Kilcommon's latest visitorshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2311862008-06-24T19:31:38+00:00LPThe Golan Group is a private military service provider founded in 1983 by ex-Spe...The Golan Group is a private military service provider founded in 1983 by ex-Special Forces security experts from the Israeli Army and has remained privately owned since. They have been mostly involved in Israel and Latin America, having served in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Colombia. Yoram Yasur is the president, Thomas Pearson Jr. is the vice-president. They have recently joined up with key players in the energy industry to "comprehend" the threat involved to major plants, chemical factories, water treatment facilities and energy-related production sites. They are currently headquarted in Florida.<br />
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Golan Group<br />
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301 Crawford Boulevard Suite 102<br />
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<a href="http://www.golangroup.com" title="http://www.golangroup.com">http://www.golangroup.com</a>RE: Kilcommon's latest visitorshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2312192008-06-25T13:26:15+00:00Alan in MayoHi LP
Are you saying that employees from "Golan Group" are monitoring people goi...Hi LP<br />
Are you saying that employees from "Golan Group" are monitoring people going to Glengad Beach? How low can Shell go? If these guys are ex Israeli army they know all about how to intimidate and abuse people just ask a Palestinian!<br />
Israeli soldiers on beacheshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2312392008-06-25T16:28:30+00:00LPMayo people ought to consider themselves lucky; there's many Palestininans have ...Mayo people ought to consider themselves lucky; there's many Palestininans have lived within spitting distance of a beach all their lives but aren't allowed visit it because of the likes of these bowsies. In Mayo, you'll only get video'd (no matter your state of undress) by men who refuse to even open their mouths to identify themselves. In most EU countries you could call the cops to report that kind of behaviour; forget that here. You're more likely to find the security men and the cops swapping stories in the Anchor over in Belmullet. Welcome to North Mayo.Confirm LPhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2312492008-06-25T18:22:42+00:00Maura HarringtonCan confirm cosy relationship between Belmullet cops and Goons in Glengad. I rec...Can confirm cosy relationship between Belmullet cops and Goons in Glengad. I recently lost my glasses when I went to call at my relation's place in Glengad. I rang the copshop the following morning to report my lost property and said in passing that it was my intention to go back to look for them. Was advised by Member in Charge 'not to go there' and was further advised that the station in Belmullet had a 'contact number' for the Goons.<br />
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Member in Charge very conciliatory and most helpful! On further enquiry during the morning I was told that my glasses had been found and were 'in a jeep somewhere'. Was assured that every effort would be made to get them back by 3pm.<br />
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Sure enough, following sterling work by the boys in blue, I was told my glasses could be collected at the station. On collecting them I asked for the name of the helpful 'member of the public' who had handed them in so that I could write a thank you note. I was told that the 'member of the public' wished to remain anonymous. <br />
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Too bloody right they do!<br />
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Work Visashttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2312522008-06-25T19:07:55+00:00MCI am sure if there is non- EU workers on the beach in Glenagad doing non special...I am sure if there is non- EU workers on the beach in Glenagad doing non specialised work then the dept of Immagration would ke to know about it. As far as I am aware there is no special visas for Israeli citizens. <br />
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Have these guysgot Irish Visas? or are they working with British visas.Definition of a criminalhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2312552008-06-25T19:43:20+00:00LPYou're forgetting, MC; the official government definition of a criminal in Kilco...You're forgetting, MC; the official government definition of a criminal in Kilcommon has automatically excluded Shell workers since 2005. Not one truck (out of thousands of journeys made to and from Bellinaboy) has ever had its tachograph checked. Not one has ever been stopped for a spot check. Not one Shell worker (out of hundreds of people making daily journeys) going to or coming from the sites have ever been breathalysed, stopped for speeding, checked for tax or insurance etc. This would be unthinkable anywhere else in th EU, but the excuses for guards in Mayo aren't paid to enforce these laws. Because these laws are inconvenient.Shell's job opportunities in Mayohttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2312632008-06-25T22:30:14+00:00ChrissieOnly goons, perjurers, gombeens and rotten apples need apply.Only goons, perjurers, gombeens and rotten apples need apply.Identify pleasehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2312972008-06-26T14:09:58+00:00GoonWatch
Could anybody help with identifying the registered owner of Isuzu jeep reg 03 M...<br />
Could anybody help with identifying the registered owner of Isuzu jeep reg 03 MH 644?<br />
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Thankssome helphttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2312982008-06-26T14:49:13+00:00suildonnàlso if ye can find out who owns this car reg....07-D-68290 opel dark navy
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it followed me from ballinaboy this morning.four guys in black type uniforms..one wasnt of irish origin.Nationality irrelevanthttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2313322008-06-27T05:42:41+00:00CaoimheFocusing on these security guards nationality/ethnic origin etc is completely ir...Focusing on these security guards nationality/ethnic origin etc is completely irrelevant. The point is that the Irish state is not only allowing these kind of actions and harrassment of locals, all for the profit of an enormously rich multinational company, but is actively involved in the harrassment etc. <br />
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To allow men with their faces hidden by masks to film beach goers is disgusting. End of story. This is just a continuation of the kind of tactics that locals have had to put up with over the last few years.<br />
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nationalitieshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2313492008-06-27T13:20:18+00:00b for muttonI think, racism/groupism aside, that nationality isn't entirely irrelevant, as r...I think, racism/groupism aside, that nationality isn't entirely irrelevant, as recent immigrants are less likely to have information on what's been occurring in Erris, could be more easily persuaded that there are criminals or terrorists seeking to 'destroy' the Corrib Gas Project, and are less likely to sympathise or pass information to opponents of Shell's machinations than natives of the Isles.They're Goons!http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2313532008-06-27T15:28:00+00:00Maura Harrington
Nationality or race is not the issue here. We're not talking about a few arrivi...<br />
Nationality or race is not the issue here. We're not talking about a few arriviste refugees who signed on to a Fás scheme!<br />
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These are serious goon types - nationality/race is immaterial; the training which they exhibit, not to mention what they tote into Sweeney's farmyard in holdalls, is alarming and sinister.<br />
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MidWest Radio carried a news report today on the local 'tec and a local cop allegedly taking car numbers outside a Gas to Glinsk meeting - that sort of stuff, which has become regular here is in the ha'penny place compared to the type of activity at Glengad.<br />
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It should be noted that the presence of the goons at Glengad is clandestine - no signage, identification,accountability, nothing. They are present in a farmyard which is purportedy the property of Eamonn Sweeney - what are they doing there? who pays them?<br />
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Most importantly, who gives what orders - disable, take out, whatever - and finally, who controls the bastards ...<br />
Security at Glengad are not 'Golan Group' according to Shell.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2313772008-06-27T21:24:32+00:00NiallThe word from Shell is that Golan Group are not employed by them or any of their...The word from Shell is that Golan Group are not employed by them or any of their contractors in the area.<br />
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If these are guys are a new crew (and not 'Brendan Gilmore Security') I still don't know who they are, and I have asked. <br />
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Getting information from Shell and/or the 'Corrib Project Information Office' is a bit like getting blood from a stone.trulyhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2313922008-06-28T09:51:27+00:00c for y'selfand we can trust Shell on this information? Hmmmm...and we can trust Shell on this information? Hmmmm...Reply to Caoimhehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2313982008-06-28T12:14:28+00:00LPTheir nationality is not an issue. Their history, training, and mores are.Their nationality is not an issue. Their history, training, and mores are.whose land?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2314732008-06-29T21:12:19+00:00c for yerselfDoes SHell own that land above Glengad Beach where the goons are on beach watch?Does SHell own that land above Glengad Beach where the goons are on beach watch?Interesting Qhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2314772008-06-29T22:29:52+00:00Maura HarringtonThat is the $$$$$ question!
The land at Glengad is purportedly owned by octogen...That is the $$$$$ question!<br />
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The land at Glengad is purportedly owned by octogenarian Eamonn Sweeney. The family house and farm buildings stand at the top of the field along the road. The Goons are quartered in Sweeney's farmyard with a security hut and portaloo. They also use an empty hayshed in the yard. When anybody stops on or off the public road at the farm the Goons come out with cameras and phones. They continue filming when told they don't have permission; they don't identify themselves; don't wear any distinctive clothing and, when one persists in trying to find out who they are they call the cops who come lolloping along when summoned.<br />
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Shell owns a road going through the farm to the cliff face at Glengad. This road is fenced off but the Goons don't walk along there, they walk through the field. There is a wire fence at the cliff face which the Goons stay behind most of the time but have been known to venture down on the beach.<br />
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This is where Shell, in 2002, destroyed the nests of sandmartins when they used Sweeney's son as the catspaw digger operator to do their dirty work. Sandmartins are supposed to enjoy the protection of the EU Habitats Directive in a Special Protection Area for Birds (also a Special Area of Conservation). <br />
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In an attempt to deal with the pesky birds this time round, Shell claims to have 'permission' from the NPWS (National Parks and Wildlife Service) to put up netting over the cliff face to prevent the birds nesting! Since nobody has had sight of this 'permission' it remains moot. <br />
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So, we have any number of Goons skulking in a farmyard which may or may not at this stage belong to the octogenarian (if so, then only nominally); they come on duty carrying holdalls; they are supposedly on antibirdnesting duty - but the nests are outside the Sweeney/Shell property ...<br />
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That answer your question??!Breaking the Wildlife Act - Who careshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2314822008-06-30T00:35:32+00:00Eoin"Most bird species are protected under the Wildlife Acts, barring those regarded...<em>"Most bird species are protected under the Wildlife Acts, barring those regarded as pest species, and those considered as game species (where they may be hunted under conditions). Under the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000 it is an offence to disturb their breeding or resting place"</em>.<br />
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This is a quote from the pipeline planning application that Shell (& RPS) have given in to An Bord Pleanala lately.<br />
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Of course this should be seen by the authorities as tacit admission that they have committed an offence for their past stripping of part of the cliff where the sandmartins nest or the netting they have put in place. But the authorities have ignored it all as usual.<br />
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Also in the new planning application it is proposed that they dig a 3m deep hole that will be around 40mX40m in size that will be 27m back from the cliff-face in order to place the landfall facility. This is all in the Special Area of Conservation (SAC) as well. <br />
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I've attached two photos of the netted area that were taken last year.<br />
who dares?http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2315042008-06-30T11:30:55+00:00d for dumbAs SHell care nothing for human life and environment, we can't expect them to ha...As SHell care nothing for human life and environment, we can't expect them to have any respect for wildlife. This bird-killing netting is just a spit in the ocean - they will do whatever they can get away with. It's a damn shame that it's left to the local people to defend the environment there, when it's a matter of national and international importance. <br />
Shell overules EU/Irish legisationhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2316082008-07-01T12:23:22+00:00m.m.mccarronThank s for all the information and particularly for the tragic picture of the s...Thank s for all the information and particularly for the tragic picture of the sandmartin lying dead at the netted entrance to its nest. <br />
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This picture needs to be distributed far and wide as a symbol of Shell's disdainful care for life in all its forms. <br />
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As it put Rossport's people to prison and kept silent at the death of the Ogoni 9 its disregard for life borders on the criminal so what respect would we expect it to have for the EU Habitat Directives. <br />
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The very EU that complains that we did not take it seriously or know what we were doing when we voted down the Lisbon Treaty! What does the Eu do to police its laws and legally insist that big business respect local community and the democratic principle. What protection does Erris enjoy from the EU in envirinmental matters. <br />
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Meanwhile in April the Irish goverment pursed Habitat Law in the case of two farmers whose sheep had wandered into protected areas and Mayo County Council removed the Rossport Solidarity Camp from the protected beach habitat. What protection for the sandmartins on the beach! How just the application of law and what influences has one to use it to contort it to favour death over profit.illegal/immorral nettinghttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2317242008-07-02T10:55:46+00:00e for brickthey put this net up illegally so sure it's legal to remove itthey put this net up illegally so sure it's legal to remove itLegal or nothttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2317542008-07-02T16:20:25+00:00MacEThe authorities have dispensed with things being legal or illegal. Now it's "all...The authorities have dispensed with things being legal or illegal. Now it's "allowed or disallowed", a handy formula which means a Guard doesn't have to refer to the law, but to what the received wisdom decrees to be right or wrong. And odds are, unless you work for a certain oil company or one of its contractors, you'll find yourself in the wrong.what a statehttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/88002#comment2317822008-07-02T19:50:05+00:00f for vescenceThe Law is an ass<br />
When it comes to the gas.........The Law is an ass<br />
When it comes to the gas.........