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mayo / environment / news report Friday November 20, 2009 16:29 by Andrew
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A leader of the Bolivian Confederation of Peasant Workers (CSUTCB) is in Ireland this weekend to visit the local people who continue to resist Shell's experimental gas pipeline in Rossport and to demand that the Irish government investigate the role of Shell's security company IRMS in the attempt to start a civil war in Bolivia. Meanwhile in the wake of the An Bord Planala decision Shell's dangerous experimental pipe has been exposed as just that and many people are starting to question the wisdom of giving the energy corporations 420 billion of oil and gas for next to nothing. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Friday November 20, 2009 09:47 by Dublin Shell to Sea
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Bolivian citizens request Irish Government to investigate Irish security firm, IRMS, due to its links with mercenaries operating in Bolivia. 11 a.m., Friday, 20th November 2009 Department of Foreign Affairs, 82 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 18, 2009 12:41 by Cian Lynch
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“Someday Independent” is a 4 page leaflet produced by Dublin Shell to Sea. The design/layout and graphical work is of a very high standard and compares favourably to high cost, professionally produced brochures. The overall colour scheme and design is a pleasing blue “wave” design which is easy on the eye and appropriate to the subject material without drawing too much attention to itself. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Monday November 16, 2009 10:23 by Andrew
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As conventional sources of oil become rarer the energy corporations have started the mass extraction of oil from the tar sands of Alberta. This is a filthy process that involves vast open cast mines, tailing ponds that can be seen from space and the use of huge quantities of water and energy making it a major cause of climate change. On Saturday Heather Milton Lightening of the Indigenous Environmental Network spoke to a national Shell to Sea meeting in Dublin about this struggle (last night she spoke in Inver, Erris). This is a 50 minute recording of that talk and the discussions that followed it. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Saturday November 14, 2009 12:42 by big_ron
Heather Milton Lightning from the Indigenous Environmental Network Canada will be discussing the campaign against enviromental desctruction in Canada by Shell and BP. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / feature Tuesday November 10, 2009 13:33 by Conversation - various; editing Andrew
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During Noam Chomsky's recent visit to Ireland five members of the Workers Solidarity Movement met him over breakfast to talk over a range of issues from Palestine to the capitalist crisis to social partnership to Iran to Obama and the US Labour Movement. Notes on the discussion are below followed by the audio recording itself. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights and freedoms / event notice Tuesday November 10, 2009 12:01 by Big_Ron
Campaigners from Mayo and Dublin will be holding a demo to mark the anniversary of the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 of his comrades in 1995 today outside Shell HQ from 11am on. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Thursday November 05, 2009 16:11 by Dublin Shell to Sea
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Dublin Shell to Sea meeting at 2pm opposite the Savoy cinema, O'Connell Street. We will be distributing copies of the Shell to Sea leaflet "Someday Independant" read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights and freedoms / news report Thursday November 05, 2009 11:27 by RSC
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An Bord Pleanala announced on Tuesday a deferral of the decision on the Corrib Gas onshore Pipeline, citing 14 conditions which cast huge doubt over claims from Shell that the project is safe. In the third delay on the decision regarding this pipeline, which was originally due on August 10, the Bord have highlighted hugely important safety concerns which are at the heart of the community's objections to the imposition of the Corrib Gas Project on the area. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday November 03, 2009 23:17 by Martha
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Shell to Sea Gort a newly formed group in Gort co Galway invites everyone to come and join a weekend for Rossport on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of November. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday November 03, 2009 15:37 by Rudiger
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This morning An Bord Pleanala have announced that they are deferring the decision on the onshore section of the Corrib Gas pipeline. Bord Pleanala says that approximately 5.6km (or 62% of the whole onshore pipeline) is considered unacceptable because of its proximity to dwelling houses located within its hazard range should a pipeline failure occur. See the latest RTE news report on this here: http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1103/corrib.html or Irish Times report: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1103/...0.htm More on the Bord Pleanala decision will follow later, this is a report on yesterdays People's Forum in Belmullet and Minister's Forum in Corran Buí. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights and freedoms / news report Thursday October 22, 2009 18:18 by Jen Debender
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Early this morning the 22 October, four Shell to Sea campaigners entered the field in Glengad where Shell is working (the same field where work was stopped by a digger-occupier yesterday- http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94519). Two people managed to get on top of the same digger, but IRMS ( Shell's private security contractors) got violent and dragged them down, injuring them both in the process. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday October 21, 2009 21:21 by Jen Debender
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Today, Wednesday 21 October, Shell to Sea stopped work at an illegal Shell site for the entire day when a campaigner climbed onto the arm of a digger which was laying bog mats, in preparation for drilling works. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / press release Wednesday October 21, 2009 16:53 by Mayo S2S
Today, Wednesday 21st October at 1pm, Shell to Sea stopped illegal work at Glengad, Co Mayo, when a campaigner climbed on the arm of a Volvo digger. Shell were preparing to drill bore holes in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), and the action was to stop this work from going ahead. Currently Shell have been stopped for 3 hours before their work has reached the SAC. read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights and freedoms / news report Sunday October 18, 2009 20:47 by TD
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If adversity breeds empathy and solidarity it was certainly on display yesterday in Shop Street, when after their participation in the protest march against the ongoing government attacks on the vulnerable and voiceless in Irish society, 6 Shell to Sea stalwarts joined forces with activists with the Free Palestine Campaign to express solidarity and empathy with the Palestinian people and their revulsion at what Gazans were subjected to last Dec/Jan - at what President of the UN General Assembly Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann called "genocide". read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice / feature Thursday October 15, 2009 11:54 by Jen Debender
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This morning the 14 October, a local resident blocked the entrance gate to a Shell construction site for which there is no planning permission, refusing to move until some proof that Shell's actions are legal were provided. read full story / add a comment 
national / workers issues / news report Saturday October 10, 2009 16:05 by PBPA
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The United Alliance Against Cuts, a new alliance of community groups, left and independent parties, trade unionists and workers today held a demonstration of around 100 people to lobby Green party members today. The People Before Profit Alliance, Coca Cola workers currently on strike, the SIPTU-Community Sector, Shell to Sea activists, Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Youth and many others were present. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights and freedoms / event notice Friday October 09, 2009 10:43 by Big_ron
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Shell to Sea has called a protest outside the Green party conference in the RDS this saturday to highlight the Green Party complicity in the Great Oil and Gas Giveaway. Meet at the RDS 9.30 am. Bring Banners and placards and friends..!! read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Wednesday September 30, 2009 01:12 by Niall Harnett
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On Monday 28th September 2009, 18 Shell to Sea campaigners with strong links to the Rossport Solidarity Camp appeared at a special sitting of Belmullet District Court to answer charges relating to protests staged on land and at Sea in May and June of this year at the Shell site, Glengad. Six of the cases were adjourned to November 11th because of High Court proceedings initiated by those six, to have charges withdrawn. One other case was withdrawn by the state. One individual was convicted and fined, another plead guilty and had the charge struck out. Seven others had the charges against them dismissed. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday September 29, 2009 12:35 by Andrew
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In order to break the resistance of the inhabitants of Erris to the Shell experimental gas pipeline dozens of people are now being prosecuted. Belmullet District Court is in the second day of a special 3 day session to carry out Shell's prosecutions. But things are not going Shell's way, of the 16 people being prosecuted in yesterdays session only one prosecution resulted in a fine. read full story / add a comment |
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