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Mon. 8th Sept. - Solitaire Boarded in Daring Shell to Sea Fleet Action!![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shell to Sea’s determination to resist emphasised by returning to Killybegs. Shell’s contracted pipe-laying ship the Solitaire and its support vessels were informed today of S2S’ intent to resist its operations in Broadhaven Bay. The Solitaire was technically boarded for a short time by S2S activists, the Irish tricolour unfurled aboard it, and letters of request and intent were delivered to the captains of the Solitaire and its supply vessels, as well as to the harbourmaster at Killybegs docks. The letters’ contents requested the Solitaire and its associated vessels to cease preparations for the pipe-laying operation in Broadhaven Bay, and to cease participation in the unsafe, unwanted and illegal Corrib Gas project. The letter delivered to the harbourmaster requested that he stop providing services to Shell’s contracted vessels in his port. Today about lunchtime a flotilla of the Shell to Sea Fleet deployed in Killybegs harbour in Co. Donegal, and went into action once again to confront the pipe-laying vessel the Solitaire and its associated supply vessels. They travelled there to re-iterate the S2S campaign’s intent to resist the laying of the offshore section of pipeline from the proposed landfall at Glengad to the wellhead of the Corrib gas field. Three S2S marine activists managed to board the Solitaire’s crew ladder/gangway, but were soon confronted with shipboard security, which halted further S2S progress. The Irish flag was briefly unfurled on board the Solitaire by the intrepid S2S party. The S2S letter of request and intent was relayed to the Solitaire’s captain via a crew member. |
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