A Dublin-based campaigner against the Corrib Gas project has told a court hearing in Belmullet that a desire to "protect life" prompted him to commit a number of public order offences.
Eoin Lawless, 10 Charlestown Drive, Finglas, Dublin 11, claimed he had reasonable excuse to climb onto the cab of a moving truck working on the project because he "put life above private property". The defendant pleaded not guilty to charges of willful obstruction, failing to comply with a direction of a garda and breach of the peace on June 10 last.