November 2011

SHELL HAS announced the appointment of a new managing director at the Corrib gas project.

The communique came as local protest groups yesterday declined an invitation to contribute to a joint Oireachtas committee hearing on offshore resources and their exploration.

Michael Crothers is a Canadian native, born to Irish parents, and takes the helm as Shell prepares for the final phase of the operation. This involves construction of the longest sub-sea raw gas pipeline in western Europe.

[Shell to Sea] This is a segment from Shell's Corrib Gas Update for Autumn on the Tunnel Boring Machine which they plan to use to tunnel 5km under Sruwaddacon Bay.  As a further insult to the local community and it's cultural heritage they have named the Tunnel Boring Machine, which they plan to use to destroy Sruwaddacon Estuary; "Fionnuala".  After one of the Children of Lir who according to the legend spent 300 years in waters of Sruwaddacon: http://en.w

The Central Bank of Ireland may seek a court order tomorrow to stop the Occupy Dame St protest taking place.

The Central Bank of Ireland may seek a court order tomorrow to stop the Occupy Dame Street protest taking place.

The protest has been taking place since the first week in October, when tents were pitched outside the Central Bank on Dame Street.

The group said it has at "all times sought to engage the banks in constructive dialogue about our concerns about the plight of Irish people and society and remain ready to do so."