Corrib Gas Pipeline Jailings: Joe Higgins Statement

by eeekkk Wed Jun 29, 2005 20:35

Called them twice to complain and was told that there was no question of any manipulation or distortion in telling of story. Manipulation by omission is still manipulation. Can anuyone spot what I'm talking about or am I oversensitive? If you think this is fucked up you can reach their newsroom through the switch at rte at 01 2083111


Five imprisoned over pipeline obstruction
29 June 2005 16:21

Five men from Co Mayo have been sent to prison after the High Court found them to be in breach of court orders preventing them obstructing the building of a gas pipeline owned by Shell.

Sending the men to prison, Mr Justice McMenamin said the men could not take the law into their own hands.

The judge said the men had indicated that they had obstructed the construction and would continue to obstruct it. He said he had no alternative but to commit them to prison until they purged their contempt.
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Council on behalf of Shell, Mr Pat Hanratty, said it was with great regret that the company had taken this step.

Shell, which wants to build the pipeline from the offshore Corrib gas field, had sought committal of the men to prison for their refusal to obey two injunctions preventing them from obstructing work.

Following today's High Court decision, the five men, Philip McGrath, Willie Corduff, Vincent McGrath, James Brendan Philbin and Michael O'Seighin, were taken to the Bridewell Garda Station.

Caitlin O'Seighin, Mr O'Seighin's wife, said she was very proud of her husband for standing up for what was right.

Willie Corduff said he was devastated. He said the men were being put in jail for trying to protect the health of their families.

The Mayo Independent TD, Dr Jerry Cowley, who was in court, said it was a scandal that the five were going to prison.

He said the community near Rossport, Co Mayo, was living in mortal fear because of safety concerns over the pipeline. 

This morning, Mr Justice Finnegan gave them some time to consider but all five refused to give assurances that they would not obstruct construction work in the future.

by eeekkkk Wed Jun 29, 2005 22:33

new paragraph:


Four of the five men had been obstructing pipeline construction work on some of their own lands.

by iosaf Thu Jun 30, 2005 01:54

solidarity.
the price is fixed. the company & the company it keeps is rotten.
the gas doesn't need to get to Rossport.
@ this time.
one planet one gas they are speculating on the future not just of Ireland's profits or of Shell's share price but on the economies of the poorest states on earth where gas is found, stored or moved. Shell were sued out of Bolivia for illegal practise.
so if i was there, i would get arrested nailing that road into unpassable.
or eventually threatening the lot of them with a sliothar,
and looking seriously ridiculous. Sort of glad I'm not there. Bet their wives would like to see them home.
Bet loads of wives would say that in Bolivia, and Nigeria.
"when is he coming home?"
"is he purged yet?"

by j Thu Jun 30, 2005 05:52

nothing about "on their land" nothing about CPO being used for private companies...