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County Mayo, Ireland.
Despite the best efforts of a large force of
police officers from the Garda Siochána, a truck
carrying construction materials is seen here being
prevented from entering the site where Shell are
trying to build a huge polluting gas refinery on
the west coast of Ireland against the wishes of
the people. The scheme involves a high pressure
pipeline snaking across a marshy landscape, in an
area prone to landslides and forest fires.
Shell are trying to construct the
pipeline/refinery before they have planning
permission or a licence to operate them, and
recent polls show the majority of people in
Ireland believe that they should refine the gas
offshore, they way it is done all around the
world.
Nevertheless the Irish government, plagued by
allegations of corruption, continues to support
Shell. Their partners in the project include US
company Marathon Oil, and the Norwegian State
Company STATOIL. Ironically, a scheme like this
would not be allowed in Norway.
The Irish government, who won't gain a penny for
the country from the deal they negotiated with
Shell, continue to send in police from Rosscommon,
Galway, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and other parts of
Ireland as well as Mayo, to try to help Shell get
the refinery built.
Ministers from the Green Party have betrayed their
voters by supporting Shell, even though they said
they were against the project before the recent
elections.
NOTE: Shell claimed the truck in this video was
not trying to get to the construction site but was
simply passing by. However, after years of lies,
no one in Ireland believes the nonsense they come
up with anymore.
Tags : Rossport Shell to Sea Ireland Sinn Fein Statoil Norsk Norway Environment news garda police cops protest climate change |
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