Update on Mayo’s Resistance to Shell

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Wednesday July 26, 2006 23:01

by Terry - Rossport Solidarity Camp

Brief update on current Shell to Sea activism in Mayo.

Last week and this Mayo Shell to Sea activists have been carrying out an intensive canvass of the Erris region where Shell and the state plan to build their gas refinery.
People have gone door to door around the area, culminating in a canvass of the town of Belmullet this evening. This has been a good morale lift as the reactions from the proverbial doorsteps have been very positive. Two leaflets have been delivered in this campaign, the first on the environmental impacts of the refinery, and the other consisting of voices from fenceline communities, that is people who live next to the oil industry.

The picket continues at the shut down refinery site at Ballinaboy, almost into to its thirteenth month. Many passing inquisitive tourists get plied with tea and information, and the trailer that is the picket base now opens on Sundays to cover this publicity work.

This Saturday July 29th the long walk starts in Rossport, this is a cross-country trek to Dublin which will culminate on Saturday August 12th. The idea is to leaflet, hold public meetings, and just speak to people along the route. Something like the door to door p.r. campaign in Erris taken across the country. A hardcore of half a dozen intends to walk the entire route, with other folk joining in along the way for a bit.
Much training has already been undertaken for this. The horse box trailer positioned outside the shut down refinery construction site is being taken on the long walk, with a replacement generously donated to the picket.
More details of the Long Walk are here: http://www.corribsos.com/index.php?id=774

I covered recent and upcoming activity specific to the Rossport Solidarity Camp in an earlier article which is here: http://indymedia.ie/article/77337

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Let the Politicians, walk and not talk.

by Flynn - [email protected]

Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:13

agrescon at agrescon dot nl

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O that I could a mile walk with Thee, and put Shell back out to Sea, A long mile, a lonely way, to save us all from the men in grey,but let us see on this fateful day how many Politicians will lead the Way. And what our minds have grasped so eagerly may prove a captive Butterfly, impailed upon a pin its brilliant lustre dimmed ,and its wings forever Still. your friend, watchful Flynn O Flynn

"two shorten the road"

by supporter of rossport

Fri Jul 28, 2006 13:03

good luck to the walkers,who knows we might even join in with you ,later on in your long walk to dublin.What route do you intend to take?

Walk Route

by Shell to Sea

Sat Jul 29, 2006 01:07

Saturday July 29th Rossport Bellanaboy
Sunday July 30th Bellanaboy Bangor-Erris Bellacorick
Monday July 31st Bellacorick Crossmolina Ballina
Tuesday August 1st Ballina Foxford Straide
Wednesday August 2nd Straide Ballyvarry Bohola Swinford Charlestown
Friday August 4th Charlestown Carracastle Ballaghdereen Frenchpark
Saturday August 5th Frenchpark Bellanagare Tulsk Strokestown
Sunday August 6th Strokestown Termonbarry Longford
Monday August 7th Longford Edgeworthstown Rathowen Ballinalack Bunbrosna Ballinafid Mullingar
Wednesday August 9th Mullingar Kinnegad Clonard
Thursday August 10th Clonard Moyvalley Enfield Kilcock
Friday August 11th Kilcock Maynooth Leixlip Lucan Liffey Valley
Saturday August 12th Liffey-Valley Dublin (City Centre)

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