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Rossport Solidarity demo, Manchester Business School, Oct 26th

18-10-2006 21:14

Picket of Manchester Busines School called for Thursday 26th Oct - 11.30 - 2pm. Calling for the MBS to have Shell removed from their list of sponsors, unless Shell ceases its attempts to destroy the environment in Rossport, Co Mayo, Ireland.

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WHAT IS SHELL’S WILD LIE?', London, Monday Oct 16th

16-10-2006 11:02

Shell is the third largest oil company in the world.
It is also the new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s
Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.

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Rossport Solidarity Action in Manchester

12-10-2006 19:31

A call for solidarity with the people of Rossport and Erris in County Mayo, Ireland in their fight against Shell Oil's attempts to destroy their community and environment.

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Shell Depot Shut down on Tyneside 11/10/06

12-10-2006 12:17

The Shell distribution Depot at Jarrow, North East England blockaded for an hour in solidarity with Rossport

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Anti-Shell Action in Ireland, Shell H.Q. in Dublin Occupied

11-10-2006 23:24

Anti-Shell actions in three different counties in Ireland today, Wednesday October 11th, plus photos from occupation of Shell H.Q. in Dublin.

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Rooftop Action closes Shell Garage in Brighton

11-10-2006 21:21

A group of about 20 people closed down a busy Brighton Shell garage for an hour and half during this evening's rush hour in solidarity with the call for action in solidarity with Rossport in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Bradford Shell Garage gets Samba'd

11-10-2006 20:23

Just before 5:30pm tonight, amid rush-hour traffic, a group of protesters lined up outside a city centre shell garage to play samba and alert passers by to the situation in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Shell petrol pumps shut down in Leeds in solidarity with County Mayo, Ireland

11-10-2006 11:19

A Shell petrol station on Kirkstall Rd in Leeds was shut down this morning between 8am and 10am by local people in solidarity with people in in County Mayo, Ireland, who are currently fighting to stop Shell's disastrous and potentially deadly gas pipeline being built through the beautiful coastal village of Rossport.

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Monday’s Blockade in Mayo

10-10-2006 16:02

Protests continue against Shell....

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Oil and Gas in Ireland

09-10-2006 02:32

This is an outline of the latest developments in oil and gas exploitation off the West coast of Ireland, showing the wider context of the Corrib gas conflict.

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Shell in Mayo: A Backgrounder.

08-10-2006 23:05

Erris is a remote wild corner of Ireland’s western Atlantic coastline.
Over the last six years a group of corporations, Shell, Statoil, and Marathon, supported by the Irish State, have been attempting to force an unwanted development on the community there. Shell is major player in the group, with the two others owning lesser shares.
They are trying to build a 9 km on land high pressure production gas pipeline and a on land gas refinery to exploit the Corrib gas field, which is in the Atlantic ocean.
They plan to expand the development to exploit more gas and oil fields.
They have been consistently resisted culminating in the shutting down of construction by mass pickets in the summer of 2005.

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Rossport Solidarity Day of Action in London and Nationwide, Wednesday 11th Call

06-10-2006 16:14

Shell do not understand NO, and when they don't accept no for an answer, the Garda (Irish police) are at their disposal.

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Shell's Wild Lie - counter exhibition and speaker tour

06-10-2006 12:22

Shell is the third largest oil company in the world.
It is also the new sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife
Photographer of the Year exhibition.

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use your pocket power to support shell protestors in Mayo

06-10-2006 10:28

dont buy shell petrol

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Rossport solidarity actions against Shell Oct 11th

05-10-2006 20:21

SOLIDARITY ACTIONS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SHELL IN COUNTY MAYO IRELAND WILL TAKE PLACE IN LEEDS NEXT WEDS 11TH OCT

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Shell Oil in Mayo

03-10-2006 23:46

Irish police and Shell workers have forced an entrance to Shell's self-declared property at Bellinaboy. Urgent action on an international level is needed.

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Two Hundred Cops Against Rossport Anti-Shell Campaign

03-10-2006 21:44

The Irish State, supporting Shell, has put the Rossport-Ballinaboy area under full scale police occupation.

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Urgent support needed at Rossport against shell

03-10-2006 21:32

Its all going off at Rossport at the moment. they urgently need people.
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http://www.indymedia.ie for full details

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Shell and Irish State forcibly break picket,injuries reported,solidarity needed!

03-10-2006 11:08

Hundreds of police present (170 directly at Ballinaboy according to police figures).
Riot police brought up from Cork and held on stand by.
Mood among protesters resilient.

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The Corrib Gas Controversy: State Collaboration with Shell Exposed

02-10-2006 23:19

The following article is a position paper on the Irish Government's attempt to placate growing opposition by the appointment of a so-called “independent mediator” to defuse the crisis over the outright handover of Irish energy resources to multinational corporations. It also includes an update on the present crisis at Corrib.