Gunboat Diplomacy
mayo |
rights, freedoms and repression |
other press 
Saturday September 06, 2008 02:28
by aprn
There is a brief interview with Mayo fisherman Pat O'Donnell in this weeks An Phoblacht, which outlines the current situation with regard to the 26 county states's deployment of the navy against peaceful protesters, and fishermen going about their business.
Hopefully other political newspapers will follow the lead of Sinn Féin's weekly paper and feature articles on this issue.
‘GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY’ came to Mayo last week when a Naval Service ship, the LE Orla, arrived off the coast at Broadhaven Bay to protect and support the giant Shell multinational’s Corrib gas project against civil disobedience.
read the full article at this link:
http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/34664