Sit-in in Mayo County Council

by Síog Wed Aug 03, 2005 16:19

I was tuned in to Mid West Radio at lunch time. Liamy McNally is at the Council Offices and yes, the Erris Councillers were there. TIm Quinn, Michael McNamara, Michael Holmes and Gerry Coyle. It was also reported, in the minutes of last months meeting that it was Frank Chambers who seconded the motion although Michael McNamara said it was him. According to Liamy, a number of councillers seconded the motion to fully support the Rossport Five i.e. to support the Shell to Sea campaign.

Why then did Henry Kenny, Cathaorileach, (and of course Fine Gael brother to Fine Gael Leader "Where is " Enda Kenny) decide to take it upon himself to make it null & voil??

Many many questions to be answered.

However, the mood of the supporters is light. Prime TIme are there but the supporters are not speaking to them directly. Not after the way R.T.E. have been so far. Talk about an independent media... The journalists should be ashamed of themselves. Doing their job at the behest of a corrupt government. We think its awful when it happens elsewhere and deny that it exists here in Modern Ireland. The N.U.J. have been very quiet and they should be asked about the behaviour of their members. I have no problem with differing opinions, but a biased, unfair, ignorant and blinkered method of news reporting should not be accepted.

I digress. The supporters at the Council are looking for a commitment from Henry Kenny that a meeting be called for August and the motion put again. Henry is refusing!! What is he afraid of? That the motion will be passed - AGAIN - and that this time there will be no way Enda can get him to change it? Not twice!?

Shell, Glan amuigh nó Glan amach!!!

by Info Wed Aug 03, 2005 16:48

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by Duine Wed Aug 03, 2005 16:51

"Shell, Glan amuigh nó Glan amach!!!"

Is maith liom an mana sin.

Go néirí leis an agóid!

by eeeekkkkk Wed Aug 03, 2005 16:56

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by krossie Wed Aug 03, 2005 17:25

First off well done to all involved in teh occupation and here's to plenty more. Dempsey is showing us the fingers and I think he needs to learn the depth and breadth of support these people have NATIONWIDE


yeah I got that bog standard automatic complaint reply to

- here's the text of my mail - I'm not sure if I was 100% accurate on all points but certainly more accurate than they were!!

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Last nights 6 pm news was stunning in it's inaccurate representation of the
case for Shells on shore pipeline in Mayo

1. You asserted the gass was worth around 2 billion euro with extraction
costs of about 1 billion

IN FACT The scale of the Corrib resource is massive. Estimates of the value
of the reserves at are between 5 and 7 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF). It is
reckoned that each T.C.F. represents a value of 3 billion euro so thats at
least 15 billion euro

2. You asserted that Kinsale gass was running out - this is not the case
and won't be for many years

3. You asserted that Shell and partners were paying 25% tax. Yes they will
in 30 years time AND they can write off all their capital costs against that
tax so when it does come in in 30 years time it will be a lot less than the
full 25%.

You neglected to mention that the state gets zero royalties and
that Bord gas will have to compete to buy the gass at full market cost.

4. The report was 100% biased towards Shell with representitives from IBEC,
the Off Shore Drillers and Andy Pyle from shell


This IS NOT what I PAY MY LICENSE FOR.

Its utterly biased and innaccurate

(name address etc)

by eeekkkk Wed Aug 03, 2005 17:54

I always think it is far far more effective to ring through to the newsdesk and express your views to the journalists and producers. It is amazingly easy to get through and it imho makes an impact on them if real life talking humans feed back angrily directly into the newsroom.

I'm sure complaints through other channels like the e-mail address for complaints are binned largelya and kept from the eyes of grunt journalists who might start questioning the editorial line coming from Ed Mulhall and co who are notorious at this stage for government supporting misrepresentation of popular protest in Ireland on a multitude of issues.

These are the people who would under no circumstances would sell Joe Higgins footage of his OWN jailing for a party political broadcast.

RTE Newsroom : Call 01 208311 and ask politely to get through to the newsdesk

by Jimmy O Byrne Thu Aug 04, 2005 02:57

Fully concur with all the comments expressed and have made my feelings known directly to RTE. They should be ashamed of themselves, acting like a prop to this rotten and morally bankrupt government.

by kitten - txt relay Thu Aug 04, 2005 13:53

texted to be put up on indymedia.ie...

'music song and solidarity in Rossport
...we need more people here, come join us!'

join us!

by dying for the craic Thu Aug 04, 2005 15:30

do Mayo County Council meet in a pub for their council meetings?

Is the council chamber actually a pint pulling, beer swilling den of iniquity?

I cant wait to get there, looks like great fun!

by mise Fri Aug 05, 2005 01:25

Great to see ye,r enjoying your stay in Rossport and enjoying Denny,s hospitality, however whats a child doing in a public house,I dont think there was anyone there before 9 o,clock. and no we dont want any more strangers in our area thank you all, so much "BON VOYAGE". O and is that smoke I see. TUT TUT TUT.Naughty boy Dennis!