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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday September 16, 2008 09:49 by Shell Chun Saile - Béal Feirste
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Shell to Sea Belfast will be holding a demonstration in support of Maura Harrington and the Irish people's right to own their natural resources on Wednesday (September 17). read full story / add a comment ![]()
mayo / environment / news report Tuesday September 16, 2008 01:10 by FSB!
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Maura Harrington's hunger strike against the continuing presence of the pipe-laying ship the Solitaire in Irish waters continued into its seventh day today. In honour of her retirement today on, a special celebration was held in the primary school in Inver, where she had worked as a schoolteacher for over 30 years and as a principal for nearly 10. The protective vigil around her continues tonight, as she continues her hunger strike outside the gates of Shell's Glengad compound. As news of solidarity actions around Ireland and Europe reaches Erris, the community have taken heart from this support and are ever-more resolved to defend their beleaguered community. Also included in this posting are a selection of photos illustrating what may be about to be lost should Shell and the state get their corrupt violent way. I composed it in response to a statement made by Maura in her letter to the captain of the Solitaire. read full story / add a comment ![]()
mayo / environment / news report Monday September 15, 2008 22:57 by Sam (text), Simon (photo's)
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Today Maura Harrington marked her birthday with a seventh day on hunger strike, while supporters from the UK & Ireland demonstrated across London to bring attention to her protest. Maura, a teacher in NW Mayo, is part of the Shell To Sea Campaign which has been actively opposing Shell's latest attempts to lay an 80 km sea based stretch of gas pipeline. read full story / add a comment ![]()
mayo / environment / event notice Monday September 15, 2008 20:13 by shell to sea
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There will be a candle-lit vigil in support of Maura Harrington - on hunger strike in Mayo as a protest against Shell and the Irish government's scheme to install a production pipeline and refinery in the pristine Erris environment. Maura wants to see a long term benefit from the safe use of Irish natural resources. Ireland Embassy , Netherlands 9, Dr. Kuyperstraat Den Haag Netherlands 2514 BA read full story / add a comment ![]()
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday September 15, 2008 19:40 by TD
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At today's gathering of the FF faithful in Galway, Cowen warned that Ireland is facing "much tougher" economic times, unfortunately, at the chic 4-Star Clayton hotel, venue of the "think-in" the hard times were very much in abeyance with designer nosh dished up at lunch time by that establishment's "world class chef." Meanwhile, outside the gates of Shell's Glengad compound, Maura Harrington was on Day 7 of her hunger strike with a supine, anesthetized mainstream media barely reporting on her plight. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Monday September 15, 2008 15:49 by Dublin Shell to Sea
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There will be a vigil outside Shell HQ, Corrib House, Lesson Street, every evening this week from 6 to 7, in support of Maura Harrington, who is on hunger strike in Mayo. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / environment / news report Monday September 15, 2008 15:02 by shell to sea
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Activists from different backgrounds came along to a 1PM protest in support of the actions taken in the last week against Shell and the Irish government. Hundreds of leaflets were distributed and many passing motorists beeped their horns in support. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday September 14, 2008 23:01 by Dublin shell to sea
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On Saturday afternoon a crowd of over seventy people participated in a solidarity protest with the Erris community and Maura Harrington who is currently on day 6 of a hungerstrike calling on the Solitaire to leave Irish waters. read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday September 14, 2008 19:01 by J. Jefferies
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A Gulfstream V executive jet came under suspicion today at Shannon airport when local activists Edward Horgan and Tim Hourigan along with others in Shannon for today's monthly Torture Watch exercise spotted the aircraft with no markings other than its registration number read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Sunday September 14, 2008 18:37 by FSB! et al.
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Hunger striker Maura Harrington's daughter Astrid and son Iollan travelled to Killybegs Co. Donegal, today to make a personal plea to the Shell pipe-laying ship the Solitaire and its captain Mr. Simon van der Plicht to leave Irish waters immediately, and allow Maura to end her strike. Meanwhile, over 500 cars (with their drivers and passengers) drove around Erris this afternoon in a massive show of support for Ms. Harrington, who has now entered the sixth day of her hunger strike. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Sunday September 14, 2008 13:59 by Dublin Shell to Sea
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There will be a vigil outside Shell HQ, Corrib House, Lesson Street, every evening this week from 6 to 7, in support of Maura Harrington, who is on hunger strike in Mayo. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday September 14, 2008 12:51 by Shell to Sea
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Lunchtime protest in solidarity with Maura Harrington, on hunger strike . Protest at Shell HQ, 52 Lower Leeson Street Dublin 2 (near Leeson St Bridge, on corner of Adelaide Road) in support of Shell to Sea hunger striker Maura Harrington. read full story / add a comment ![]()
mayo / environment / news report Saturday September 13, 2008 18:20 by FSB! et al.
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Today at 12 noon a group of determined local residents accompanied by Rossport Solidarity Campers asserted their right to walk the foreshore illegally enclosed by Shell into their compound in Glengad. An Garda Siochana once again showed who they really want to work for as they defended Shell’s ‘property’ with their customary zeal and thuggery. Four people were arrested during this action; the Gardaí were particularly rough with those arrested, and the four arrested were released at around 5pm. Maura Harrington’s hunger strike continues.. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday September 13, 2008 01:00 by Tel
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Drawing the thread through some recent news stories of oil corruption, climate chaos, fuel poverty, and doing what the so-called ‘mainstream’ media will not do, linking them together, most pertinently linking them with the continuing Corrib gas controversy. Then weaving into a consideration of zoning for pollution, or future resource exploitation in the West. read full story / add a comment ![]()
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday September 12, 2008 21:18 by John
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Today a small group of activists went down to Haulbowline island, Headquarters of the Irish Navy with an open letter for Commodore Frank Lynch, Chief of Naval Staff. The purpose behind this visit was to raise awareness within the Navy as to the issues around their presence in Broadhaven bay and to ask them to join in solidarity with the people of Erris rather than Shell. Text of letter follows later in this report. read full story / add a comment ![]()
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday September 12, 2008 15:19 by Ciarán
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As you are all aware, events in Mayo have taken a turn for the worse in the last week. Several people have been arrested in their efforts to prevent Shell laying their pipeline and local school principal Maura Harrington has taken the decision to go on hunger-strike. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday September 12, 2008 13:04 by Afri
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Afri is currently organizing a book tour to promote Michael McCaughan’s book on the Corrib Gas controversy: The Price of Our Souls: Gas, Shell and Ireland.
The book was launched in Dublin on the 4th January 2008. The Mayo launch took place in Glenamoy, Erris, Co. Mayo on July 10th. The guest speaker was Mark Garavan and Robbie McVeigh spoke at the Derry launch on September 4th. A similar event will be organised in Galway on September 16th with guest speaker, Rita Ann Higgins. read full story / add a comment ![]()
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday September 12, 2008 12:21 by Fred Johnston
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The Western Writers' Centre, Galway, (Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlin Maude) will present the eminent French poet, Dominique Sorrente, at a reading at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, on Wednesday, October 8th, starting at 8pm. The reading will be in French and English. Admission is free. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Friday September 12, 2008 12:11 by DM
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday September 12, 2008 11:15 by Dublin Shell to Sea
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Dublin Shell to Sea are calling on people to attend a protest at the GPO at 2pm Saturday in solidarity with the people of Erris and Maura Harrington on hunger strike. read full story / add a comment |
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