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May 2010

Kinsale Shell to Sea fundraiser gig a huge success

By: 
Cathal - Indymedia

Kinsale rocking out for Shell to Sea!

Great crowd
Great crowd

Link: 

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/96726

AP INVESTIGATION: Oil self-regulates around globe

By: 
KARL RITTER and IAN MacDOUGALL - Forbes
STOCKHOLM — The U.S. government is not alone in ceding responsibility to the oil industry for the design of key safety features on offshore rigs, a trend coming under scrutiny worldwide following the deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.
Across the globe, industry-driven regulation is the norm, not the exception – and critics are calling for a re-examination of a system that puts crucial safety decisions into the hands of corporations motivated by profit.
Link: 

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/05/20/technology-energy-eu-oil-spill...

Four Shell to Sea members arrested

By: 
Irish Times

Four protesters were arrested yesterday after chaining themselves to the stairwell of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

The Shell to Sea group members said they were marking the 100th day of imprisonment for Erris fisherman and campaigner Pat O’Donnell.

“We are staging a peaceful protest to mark the 100th day of his imprisonment,” said protester Caoimhe Kerins, chained inside the building.

Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0522/1224270894633.html

Solidarity Stall for Pat O'Donnell at Daunt Square, Cork

By: 
Ray - Cork Shell to Sea - Indymedia

The Chief's 100th day in jail is remembered by Cork Shell to Sea

This afternoon at Daunt Sq., at the junction of Cork's busiest shopping streets, Cork Shell to Sea held a stall to remind the city and its people that Pat 'the Chief' O'Donnell has just spent his 100th day behind Shell's bars at Castlerea Prison.

Link: 

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/96717

Four Shell to Sea arrests

By: 
Irish Examiner

FOUR members of Dublin Shell to Sea who chained themselves to railings at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources were arrested by gardaí and taken to Harcourt Terrace Garda station.

The four, two males and two females, included Shell to Sea spokeswoman Caoimhe Kerins.

All four were later released and a male has been charged under the Public Order Act.

 

Link: 

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/four-shell-to-sea-arrests-120491.html

Shell Offices In Belmullet Occupied by Protesters For Two Hours Yesterday

By: 
Midwest Radio
A NUMBER OF SHELL TO SEA SUPPORTERS OCCUPIED THE OFFICES OF SHELL IN THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN BELMULLET FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS YESTERDAY EVENING.
THE GROUP OF MORE THAN 20 PROTESTERS HAD A MEGAPHONE AND WERE CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF LOCAL FISHERMAN PAT O’DONNELL FROM JAIL IN CASTLEREA.
MR O’DONNELL, A MEMBER OF SHELL TO SEA, IS SERVING A 7 MONTHS PRISON SENTENCE FOR OFFENCES AGAINST THE GARDAI DURING CORRIB GAS DISPUTES.
Link: 

http://www.midwestradio.ie/MWR/index.php?mact=News%2Ccntnt01%2Cdetail%2C...

Occupation of Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources underway

By: 
JB - Dublin Shell to Sea - Indymedia

Within the last few minutes campaigners with Shell to Sea entered the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources drapped in chains and locked together to mark the 100th day of the imprisonment of Erris fisherman Pat O'Donnell. This action is part of a national day of protest which includes a protest outside the HQ of Shell on Leeson street, only 50m from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. A public protest starts at 5pm tonight at Shell HQ just across the road from the department.

Link: 

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/96714

Four Dublin Shell to Sea campaigners have chained themselves inside Department of Energy and Natural Resources

Four Dublin Shell to Sea campaigners have chained themselves to the stairwells inside Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Four Dublin Shell to Sea campaigners have chained themselves to the stairwells inside Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources as an action in solidarity with Pat O’Donnell. A number Shell to Sea activists are currently occupying the offices of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources at 29-31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2.

 

 

The four members of Shell to Sea are draped in chains and locked together in order to symbolise the ongoing imprisonment of Erris fisherman and prominent Mayo Shell to Sea campaigner Pat O’Donnell.

Dublin Shell to Sea to mark Pat O’Donnell’s 100th day in prison with protest at Shell HQ at 5pm today

Press release

Issued by Dublin Shell to Sea

Protest at Shell HQ on Friday 21st May at 5pm.

For immediate release

 

Shell to Sea campaigners chained to stairwells in Govt office

By: 
Irish Examiner

Four Shell to Sea campaigners have chained themselves to the stairwells inside the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in Dublin.

The group is opposed to plans by Shell to lay a gas pipe off the coast of Mayo.

The group is protesting in solidarity with Pat O’Donnell, a Shell to Sea campaigner who is serving a seven-month sentence for breach of the peace and obstructing a garda.

Link: 

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/shell-to-sea-campaigne...