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February 2014

Shell to Sea Sends SOS to President of the Circuit Court

By: 
RoaringAndShouting

Last Summer, there was a particular sit-down protest, down the road from the Rossport solidarity camp. Someone had spotted two Shell vehicles and had led them, at a snail’s pace, to the area where the protest took place.

A group of people sat on the road, in front of the first Shell vehicle. Others directed all cars that arrived, around the protest and they continued on their merry ways. This facilitation ended with the arrival of the gardaí and the gardaí didn’t resume it.

Eventually there were to be four gardaí on the scene.

Posted Date: 
24 February 2014

News Release: Shell to Sea repeats call to dissolve GSOC and to establish a proper oversight body

News release - Issued by Shell to Sea - Tuesday 18th February 2014
 
Shell to Sea has today repeated calls that it has made previously, that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) be dissolved so that a new functioning Garda oversight body can be established. Shell to Sea believe that it is impossible for GSOC to operate as a functioning Garda oversight body due to the flawed nature of its founding legislation. Former GSOC Commissioner Conor Brady has stated that he too believes the Garda Síochána Act 2005 "was fundamentally flawed". [1]
 
Despite the Corrib Gas dispute being the single largest source of Garda complaints that GSOC have had to deal with, no Garda has ever been held to account for their law-breaking and abuse of powers.
 
Both the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Frontline Defenders have recommended that Section 106 of the GSA Act 2005 be repealed; this section allowed the Minister for Justice to veto GSOC doing a "practice, policy or procedure" investigation in the policing of Corrib. [2,3]

Garda accountability in question over GSOC affair

By: 
Vicky Conway - Irish Times

It will take exceptional leadership for those involved in the Garda watchdog controversy to emerge unscathed

Posted Date: 
18 February 2014

Sinister Events In Ireland

By: 
John Donovan - RoyalDutchShellPLC.com

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Posted Date: 
13 February 2014

Are These Cases Tainted?

By: 
Chompsky - Broadsheet.ie

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Yesterday John Mooney, of the Sunday Times [Behind paywall], reported that the Garda Síochana Ombudsman Commission hired a British security consultancy firm to investigate if their offices [above] were bugged last year.

Posted Date: 
11 February 2014

Company defends handling of evacuationfrom Corrib gas tunnel

By: 
Lorna Siggins

Shell E&P Ireland has defended its contractors’ handling of an emergency evacuation last week from the Corrib gas tunnel which is under construction in north Mayo.

Posted Date: 
6 February 2014

Council challenged on Shell community funds allocation

By: 
Áine Ryan - Mayo News

Corrib Community Investment Fund report shrouded in mystery

Posted Date: 
6 February 2014

Midwest Radio - Corrib tunnel evacuated

By: 
Midwest Radio

This is Lunchtime News radio clip from Midwest Radio regarding the recent evacuation of the Corrib tunnel at Aughoose after a gas alarm was activated in the tunnel.

Posted Date: 
6 February 2014