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mayo / environment / news report Monday April 23, 2012 - 19:16 by Cara
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Shell Ireland have announced that they are to carry out more seismic surveying of the offshore pipeline which is supposed to carry raw gas from the sea bed to their valve at the landfall. The survey is scheduled to take place from June 1st 2012 and although they are vague about how liong it will take, they say the survey should be completed by the end of September. If there are protests, it might not be completed at all. Full details here: http://www.transport.ie/upload/general/13495-MN17OF2012...1.PDF ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights and freedoms / news report Saturday March 10, 2012 - 18:46 by Press release
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Friday 9th March at 6.30pm a group of two-dozen campaigners and Erris residents gathered outside the Broadhaven Bay Hotel in Belmullet, Co. Mayo where ex 'rape tape' Sergeant James Gill was having his retirement party. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights and freedoms / news report Tuesday March 06, 2012 - 20:52 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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Between the 20th and 24th of February 2012, 19 campaigners were tried at a 'special sitting' of Belmullet District Court, for alleged offences arising from protest against the Corrib gas project. Most of those tried were for Section 8 and 9 of the Public Order Act. Section 9 is obstructing 'the free passage of a person/vehicle’ in a public place and section 8 is failure to obey the directions of a Garda. Overall the judge came down very heavily on the defendants. The hearings began only one week after public criticism from the minister for Justice Alan Shatter against what he called “protest tourism”. One campaigner received a prison sentence and three others received suspended sentences. Fines for all cases totalled €8350. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday February 22, 2012 - 22:54 by j debender
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On Tuesday Shell to Sea spokesperson Terence Conway was handed two 3-month prison sentences for protesting against Shell's Corrib Gas Project. Throughout the week local residents have been protesting on the roads while many of their supporters are up in court in Belmullet, which so far has resulted in fines totalling 5,825 euro. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / feature Thursday February 09, 2012 - 17:11 by Niall Harnett
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An insight into prison life in Ireland, namely Castlerea Prison, Co Roscommon.
On 21st April 2010 I was convicted of assaulting a number of Gardaí in relation to Shell to Sea protests and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. Remission for good behaviour means that prisoners will have their sentences reduced by a quarter, once you keep your nose clean. I was given credit for 2 weeks time served previously in 2009, before I was bailed out pending my appeal.
So I spent 4 months in jail from April to August in the summer of 2010. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights and freedoms / news report Monday February 06, 2012 - 19:47 by Shelver
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Last weekend some members of the Irish Occupy camps came to stay at the Rossport Solidarity Camp. There was good numbers already on the camp for winter and so along with our fellow city based campers we numbered 25 – 30. We decided to try shut down Shell’s Aghoos tunnelling compound for the morning. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Monday January 16, 2012 - 18:02 by camper
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IRMS security hired by shell, occupying the State owned site yet again, demonstrated their lack of concern for health and safety. Outside police pushed protesters off the road, while one halted lorry driver expressed his intentions to police that he would clear the road by driving into protestors. Later spirits were high as police did not even attempt to clear the road when over 15 protesters lay down to block a lorry, which had to be diverted. Later the police returned and used brute force to push people off the road. They hospitalized one protestor. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Monday January 09, 2012 - 23:09 by TnT
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Shell today began to cut down a Coillte plantation in the village of Leenamore, Co. Mayo. This surprise move marks the beginning of their attempts to prepare the 4km stretch of land between the Aughoose tunnelling compound and the Bellanaboy refinery. Despite a large Garda and private security presence, campaigners entered the tree felling area and halted work. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Saturday January 07, 2012 - 17:15 by C
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Yesterday saw the first disruption of Shell's work of the New Year with a quickly organised protest called for 10am outside Bellanaboy. Overall Shell's work yesterday was stopped for 2 hours and in a further protest today (Saturday), work was stopped for a further 2 & 1/2 hours. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / event notice Sunday November 27, 2011 - 15:41 by Get the Shell outta Mayo
There will be a day of Solidarity on Saturday 10th of December 2011, when people are asked to come to Mayo to show their solidarity with the community opposing the Corrib Gas Project. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday November 02, 2011 - 22:27 by Frank
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Last week, an Taisce pulled out of a judicial review challenging the granting of consents in Sruwaddacon Bay as part of the Bellinaboy gas refinery project. Already the subject of a ten year campaign, this was not going to be taken lightly. The local community have been left with very little options, but that had not stopped the determination to fight on. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday October 25, 2011 - 19:18 by j debender
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On Tuesday morning outside Shell's Bellanaboy refinery in Mayo 15 people blocked a Barrett's quarry truck from making a delivery of stone to Shell's tunneling compound in Aughoose, halting all other deliveries for the morning. One person got on top of the lorry and was arrested. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights and freedoms / event notice Tuesday October 11, 2011 - 23:18 by AC
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Day of Solidarity, at Shell site, Aughoose, Erris, Co. Mayo and at Solidarity Camp; Friday 11/11/2011 ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights and freedoms / news report Sunday September 18, 2011 - 13:04 by Shell to Sea
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On Thursday last, the 15th September, Shell's private security force, IRMS continued their practice of using force on the public road as they see fit. Once again the Gardaí sat close by and witnessed this unlawful use of force by IRMS and allowed it to continue unimpeded. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday September 14, 2011 - 18:50 by j debender
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Tuesday 13th September six people from the Rossport Solidarity Camp went down to Shell's tunnelling compound in Aughoose, Co. Mayo to disrupt work. Work was slowed from three separate actions spread over 2 hours as people interfered with fencing work and then two people got up on a tractor making a delivery to the compound. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday September 13, 2011 - 17:06 by RSC
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All are welcome to the day of mass action against Shell. It will be going on all day, starting 7am. There will be some music entertainment in the evening as well. If you cannot make it, you can still help by printing off the A4 posters from the shell to sea website: http://www.shelltosea.com/content/shell-sea-day-action-...ember ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Friday August 26, 2011 - 20:12 by j debender
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Between lock-ons, mass trespasses, lorry climbing and a breach of security at Shell's refinery, this week brought a lot of people out protesting. Locals who haven't been out on the roads in years have come out this week, and momentum is building. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Friday August 26, 2011 - 11:06 by Rossport SC
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Local Shell to Sea campaigners and their supporters at Rossport Solidarity Camp are resting after another bizarre day of lows, highs and outright idiocy during their ongoing protest against Shell in co. Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday August 24, 2011 - 08:04 by Frank
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Today 25 people from Rossport Solidarity Camp sustained a barrage of actions against the site Shell is preparing for its tunnel boring machine. Despite 80 security and three vans of gardaí they were unable to keeps the protesters out. In the chaos that ensued one person got through the lines to d-lock themselves to one of the diggers and remained up there stopping work for 4 hours. Elsewhere other diggers had to stop working as protestors approached. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday August 03, 2011 - 17:27 by j debender
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On Tuesday 2nd August Shell's work was halted for most of the day, only two tractors getting into the Aughoose compound by 3.30pm. There was a heavily increased garda presence with up to 40 guards being drafted in from Roscommon and elsewhere, and four arrests were made. ... read full story / add a comment |
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