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category mayo | environment | feature author Wednesday March 23, 2005 15:04author by Terry - NUIG Ecology Society (personal capacity)author email room101ucg at yahoo dot co dot uk Report this post to the editors

Update: Comprehensive Court Report

Over the past few months there have been attempts by Shell personnel to enter the lands of residents in Rossport, north west Mayo, to mark out an upstream pipeline route for the Corrib Gas project.

Seven landowners – who own 50% of the land the pipeline is to go on - are refusing Shell access. Today some of them will be facing High Court injunction proceedings aimed at preventing them from going to those parts of their land which Shell wish to use.

The injunction process began on March 1st, the last occasion Shell tried to get on the lands, Liamy McNally of local radio station ‘Mid-West Radio’ was there and the following 15 minute extract is from his recording of the several hours long stand off.

Paul Gallagher and Geoff Phillips from Shell will be heard along with Rossport residents Willie Corduff, Monica Muller, Vincent McGrath and others. The report starts with Shell employee, Jim Nevin appealing to landowner Philip McGrath. Shell Vs Rossport

The report is copyrighted to Mid West Radio, thanks to Liamy for giving it to us, and to the lads in UL who changed the format.

For background see: Shell in Mayo: Summary of the Issues

author by soundmigrationpublication date Wed Mar 23, 2005 17:43author address author phone Report this post to the editors

good to see the fearlessness from the good folks opposing monolithic capatilists...fair play to all

hope it garishes the support it needs from all those who give a toss about our lives and lands being slowly eroded and degraded by 'economic growth'

these corporations are NOT faceless....

author by Terry - NUIG Ecology Societypublication date Wed Mar 23, 2005 17:54author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Latest news from court as of about one hour ago has it that the judgement has been put back to the 4th of April.

author by eeekkkkpublication date Wed Mar 23, 2005 18:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Why should anyone uphold this deal when it was organised by a convicted criminal?

Bolivia isn't the only country with a gas war going on from the sounds of this ;-)

author by eeekkkkpublication date Wed Mar 23, 2005 18:35author address author phone Report this post to the editors

has nothing on this report:


Epic

I have lived in important places, times
When great events were decided, who owned
That half a rood of rock, a no-man's land
Surrounded by our pitchfork-armed claims.
I heard the Duffeys shouting "Damn your soul"
And old McCabe stripped to the waist, seen
Step the plot defying blue cast-steel —
"Here is the march along these iron stones".
That was the year of the Munich bother. Which
Was more important? I inclined
To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin
Till Homer's ghost came whispering to my mind.
He said: I made the Iliad from such
A local row. Gods make their own importance

Patrick Kavanagh (1904-1967)

author by Clarepublication date Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:12author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Thanks lads!

author by Rearrangedpublication date Sat Mar 26, 2005 17:55author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Can extracts from the interview
be used for broadcast in public?

author by eeekkkkpublication date Sat Mar 26, 2005 18:08author address author phone Report this post to the editors

if you have a request to use it - (it is copyright from the face of the article above).

The editor who sourced it will see the mail and help you out I'm sure

author by via unison.iepublication date Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:46author address author phone Report this post to the editors

A GROUP of six people were restrained by High Court orders yesterday from interfering with Shell E and P Ireland Ltd laying a gas pipeline across their lands from the Corrib gas field.

The interlocutory injunctions will continue until the hearing of the action brought by Shell against the six or until further order of the court.

The company claims the €900m project 65-miles off the Co Mayo coast is intended to be commissioned in October 2007 and it is envisaged that in full production it will provide 60pc of the country's gas requirements.

The company claims there are about 30 landowners along the nine kilometre route and all but seven had consented to the work being carried out. The other 23 have been compensated.

The restraining orders are against Philip McGrath, James B Philbin, Willie Corduff, Monica Muller and Brid McGarry of Rossport South, Ballina, and Peter Sweetman, Grosvenor Road, Rathmines, Dublin, who was stated to be an occupier of Ms Muller's property.

On the question of the balance of convenience he said if the company was not granted the injunctions its work would be delayed for one year. He also had to take into account the national interest outlined to the court and which concerned the economic interests of the State as a whole.

He gave the six defendants liberty to apply to the court.

Paul Muldowney

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