Standing on the Peat truck outside the refinery

Friday 25th November saw over 5 hours of Shell's peat and stone haulage completely blocked by campaigners, and no arrests were made. First thing in the morning four campaigners had trucks blocked for over an hour and a half, and later on one person climbed on top of a peat truck outside Shell's Bellanaboy refinery, remaining there for 3 and a half hours stopping all haulage.

Related Links:
Shell's Peat Haulage Has Begun... And Been Disrupted ! | Day of Solidarity in Erris, Co. Mayo | Shell's Peat Haulage Has Begun... And Been Disrupted ! | Campaigners block Shell's peat haulage morning after An Taisce faces local community | Occupy Shellanaboy set up at refinery gates in Erris | An Taisce withdrawal sparks four protests in two days | IRMS continue to assault Corrib campaigners on public roads | The Strange Adventure of Dick and Liz in Drumshambo | Fracking in the Lough Allen & Clare Basins

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IRMS illegal use of force, they have no jurisdiction on the public road

Friday 22nd July Shell brought a digger and a port-a-cabin into the existing temporary compound in Aughoose. This is in preparation to start building a permanent compound in Aughoose from which they hope to start digging the tunnel for the pipeline which will connect Ballinaboy refinery to the 70 kms of offshore pipeline. They will come in full force on Monday 25th July, please come up to Mayo and show your support! A mass day of action is planned for Friday 29th July, but come up any time.

Related Links:
Shell start work at Arghoose compound in Erris - day of action called | Mayo County Council steal caravan from Rossport Solidarity Camp at 3am | Occupation of Shell peat storage facility in Mayo | Shell Office Blockaded for 6 Hours | "Take him! Take him!" - The Trial of Éirígí's Daithí Mac An Mháistir | Impromptu 2 hour tractor occupation at Shell Compound | Shell Offices blockaded for five hours | The Strange Adventure of Dick and Liz in Drumshambo | Fracking in the Lough Allen & Clare Basins | Shell compound occupied for 9 hours – third action in two days |

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Direct Action at Work!

We are taking continuous action to frustrate Shell's work and need your support. Shell's Corrib Gas Project is already decade late and 3 times over budget - impressive for a rural community fighting one of the biggest multinationals in the world! The injustice faced by the community here is symbolic of the corruption and problems faced by people all over Ireland.

Related Links:
Party Against the Pipe | shell work stopped as Gardaí continue to endanger campaigners | One Gas Well to Secure Ireland's Energy Supply!!! | Report from the annual Good Friday walk | Protesters Halt Another Day of shell's Work | shell's IRMS security NOT WELCOME in Enniscrone | IRMS security works with Gardaí to block shell to Sea protesters | Report on Dail protest against rape comments by gardai | shell's Work Disrupted for 12 Hours in Aughoose Co. Mayo | On eve of judicial review, Rossport Solidarity Camp breaks up shell transport lines. | Tearing Up The Tracks | shell’s work suspended by Day of Action | Urgent call out! Shell have started work-Days of action this Fri 1st & Sat 2nd April | Work restarts in Mayo | 22 TDs gather at gates of Dail to demand reversal of Corrib pipeline consents | Camp Work Weekend and Walk the pipe tour | shells Work Stopped for 4 hours | Rossport Solidarity Camp is Up! | Enda -prove you are for the people of Mayo | shells Work Stopped twice in two days | shell to Sea encourages people to enter Statoil competition | Questions for Politicians | Non Violent Direct Action Training 5-6th March | shell granted planning permission in mayo | shell To sea Solidarity Action Ghent ( Belgium). | Review of the Corrib Gas Project Oral Hearing | Joe higgins interviewed on RT. By contrast, Vincent brown sneers at him and screws shell to sea | Budget Day drama on Kildare Street | People's Alliance march in Tullamore | Four years since baton charge on peaceful protestors

Shell to Sea - Official Website
Rossport Solidarity Camp - Official Website

If you have problems accessing the shelltosea site directly, try going HERE and typing in the web address.

The struggle continues

In the next few weeks, more than likely An Bord Pleanála will be announcing their decision on whether to grant permission to Shell to build the onshore section of the Corrib Gas pipeline. Below is a review of the reopened oral hearing that ran from the 24th of August until the 1st of October in 2010 in Belmullet. Again (this is the fourth convening of an oral hearing), opponents of the Corrib Gas Project made lengthy and comprehensive submissions on why they are opposed to the project. A fair few of these submissions can be read in full here: http://www.shelltosea.com/content/submissions-bord-pleanala

Indymedia Links:
Public Meeting, 'Rossport, the Gaspipe & the People' | Shell's Team of Experts and Executives Blocked by Protest | Shell to Sea Issues Compulsory Acquisition Order on Shell Office in Belmullet | Stealth Planning further exposed at Shell Oral Hearing | Community action stops Shell's drilling | A week of Hell for Shell | No To Foreshore Licence In Mayo | Shell due to start work next week | Merthyr to Mayo cyclists at Castlerea | Corrib Pipeline - A rough guide to the Oral Hearing | An Bord Pleanála Grants Planning Permission for Onshore Pipeline in Mayo | Shell Begins Onshore Pipeline Works Without Planning Permission. | Shell public notice re Corrib | Shell's Illegal Works: While the Work Continues, So will the Resistance! | RTE ban Rossport fundraiser ad
Other Links:
Trailer for film"The Pipe"
Wikipedia Links:
Corrib gas controversy | Shell oil company

Jail Shell for Not Playing by the Rules

This week as it was revealed in the Irish Times that 20 months after entering into a legal agreement with local fishermen Shell has still not submitted an application as required to the Environmental Protection Agency to review the emissions licence for the experimental gas pipeline it is imposing on the people of Erris. Yet this week 27 Shell to Sea campaigners are being prosecuted on behalf of Shell in the local courts and today one of them received three five month sentences.

Related Links:
Shell to Sea campaigner Niall Harnett sentenced to 5months in jail | 27 Shell to Sea campaigners face court "special sitting" | éirígí slam Devins over Corrib gas controversy | Erris Rally of Solidarity with 'the Chief' Pat O'Donnell | Joe Higgins MEP visits 'Shell To Sea' Activist, Pat o'donnell, In Castlera Prison | Eoin O'Leidhin - Interview | Another Shell to Sea Campaigner Imprisoned | Shell retreats as solidarity with Pat o'donnell continues | Mary O`Donnell interview | Video: S2S Solidarity with jailed Pat o'donnell | Audio: Shell to Sea protests against jailing of fisherman Pat o'donnell at Shell HQ | Court Report from Mayo Shell Corrib Gas - Who are the real Thugs & Bullies? | Pat o'donnell - "Hero and Friend" not "Bully and Thug" | Review of the week of Shell to Sea court hearings