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The Solitaire near Largs on Saturday evening
international / environment Sunday September 21, 2008 - 13:11 by CH   text 3 comments (last - sunday september 21, 2008 - 23:49)   image 2 images
Following a request from Shell to Sea, people on the West Coast of Scotland were trying to track the pipe-laying ship Solitaire. Photos confirm that the boat is where it was reported to be. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday September 20, 2008 - 18:49 by Belfast Anarchist Black Cross   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
The meeting which was billed as part of the West Belfast feile and took place in the Culturlann on August 9th 2007. It was introduced by a speaker from Belfast ABC and addressed by Linda Moore of the Human rights commission in a personal capacity and Phil Scratton prison abolishonist and Professor of criminology at Queens university Belfast as well as contributions from the floor. ... read full story / add a comment
On Patrick's Bridge
cork / environment Saturday September 20, 2008 - 18:02 by John   text 2 comments (last - monday september 22, 2008 - 10:16)   image 6 images
Eager to make the most of the head of steam built up by recent events Cork s2s activists had a busy day with their new banner ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism Saturday September 20, 2008 - 01:49 by Belfast WSM   text 1 comment (last - monday february 23, 2009 - 10:13)   image 1 image
Harold H. Thompson is an anarchist prisoner serving life plus sentences in Tennessee, USA after a series of farcical trials.

Harold is well known for his work as a 'jailhouse lawyer' and copes with prison by fighting for his fellow prisoner in the courts for some semblance of real justice.

"I am an anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, anti-sexist, anarchist revolutionary of proud Irish heritage. I am also a vegetarian and strongly support the animal liberation movement. I stand for civil/human rights and will not break, bend nor be intimidated. I stand in solidarity with all people struggling against oppression but most particularly with my brothers and sisters in the anarchist movement".
... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday September 20, 2008 - 00:47 by Contaminated Crow
A quiet week -airport objections and an oral hearing ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 19, 2008 - 19:41 by Cormac Mac Gall
Dublin Committee condemns latest action of Spanish state in banning yet another Basque political party as part of a campaign of repression against all democratic and peaceful expression of Basque left-nationalist aspirations. ... read full story / add a comment
Maura delighted with confirmation of the Solitaire's departure
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 19, 2008 - 18:56 by FSB! et al.   text 11 comments (last - monday september 22, 2008 - 18:04)   image 10 images   video 3 video files
This afternoon, the Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington ended her 10-day-old hunger strike after confirmation that the Solitaire had indeed left Irish waters. She read a statement to the press and the public outside the gates of Shell’s compound at Glengad in Erris, Co. Mayo, and then announced that her hunger strike had come to an end. ... read full story / add a comment
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cork / environment Thursday September 18, 2008 - 22:28 by dáithí is dócha   text 1 comment (last - friday september 19, 2008 - 11:48)   image 2 images
Bhí airneán anocht i gCorcaigh ag Shell chun Sáile Corcaigh i ndlúthchomar le Maura Harrington agus sí ag leanúint a stailc ocrais. Tá dea-mhéin againn di! ... read full story / add a comment
cork / environment Thursday September 18, 2008 - 19:49 by John   text 7 comments (last - saturday september 20, 2008 - 15:18)   image 3 images
Cork Shell to Sea paid a visit to the Green Party office on Douglas St this afternoon as part of the sustained and mounting campaign to get the Solitaire out of Ireland, Shell out to Sea and Irish Gas in the hands of the Irish people. ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 18, 2008 - 17:32 by TD   text 2 comments (last - friday october 03, 2008 - 17:15)   image 5 images
Now that today's expressions of solidarity for Maura in Galway have been serendiptously overtaken by Shell's announcement that "the Solitaire will leave Killybegs today for a UK Port where deep water berthing facilities are available," at the risk of wrongly second guessing her, a sweet and honourable ending to her hunger strike is, surely, in the offing.? ... read full story / add a comment
ECO-CLOWNS ACTING LOONY
dublin / environment Thursday September 18, 2008 - 15:07 by Plane madder   text 3 comments (last - thursday september 25, 2008 - 15:40)   image 2 images
Today a group of climate activists disrupted the AGM of Ryanair at the Radisson Hotel, Dublin Airport. Campaigners dropped a banner from the hotel with a subvertised Ryanair logo reading ' LYINAIR.CON'. One campaigner confronted a dumb-struck Michael O'Leary at the podium, while other eco-clowns juggled outside.

The PLANE MAD campaigners are campaigning for responsible aviation. By pioneering the cheap flights model Ryanair have been responsible for a significant proportion of the massive growth in the aviation industry. Aviation is currently the fastest growing source of greenhouse gases. While governments and individuals are gearing up to tackle their carbon emissions it is necessary to accept the reality that flying is the most polluting form of transport.

Plane Mad is an Irish campaigning group taking action against the unsustainable nature of aviation in Ireland. To find out more visit www.planemad.org ... read full story / add a comment
Banner dropped!
mayo / environment Thursday September 18, 2008 - 00:23 by FSB! et al.   text 8 comments (last - friday september 19, 2008 - 12:50)   image 13 images
Shell to Sea paid a visit to Shell’s offices in Belmullet this afternoon and draped a banner from the roof saying ‘Solitaire Out Now’, and protested outside the office until after the workers inside went home. Two people were arrested just after they came down from the roof.

Maura Harrington’s hunger strike continued into its ninth day today. Her strike will end when Shell’s pipe-laying ship the Solitaire leaves Irish territorial waters, or she will die.
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Daoine ag teacht
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 21:18 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 17, 2008 - 22:14)   image 5 images
Tháinig ar a laghad 50 duine chuig léirsiú Shell chun Sáile i mBaile Andarsain i mBéal Feirste tráthnóna inniu, ag tacú le Maura Harrington agus ag éileamh go gcuirtear an Solitaire thar sáile. Níorbh fhada gur chuir bainisteoir an staisiúin Shell scairt ar na póilíní, ach lean na gníomhaígh leis an agóid, ag scaipeadh billeogaí faoi Maura ags an cás i Maigh Eo faoi láthair. Mar is gnáth, fuair na gníomhaígh tacaíocht mhór ón phobal, tiománaithe ag buladh a mbonnán agus coisithe ag tabhairt a mbeannacht leis an fheachtas. Leanfar leis na léirsithe agus an feachtas ag dul chun cinn. ... read full story / add a comment
Ken Loach: calling for Shell to end their silence
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 15:33 by Dublin Shell To Sea   text 10 comments (last - thursday september 18, 2008 - 19:46)   image 6 images
Several prominent politicians today called for Shell to immediately make explicit what the intent of the pipe laying ship Solitiare is. Given that Maura Harrington is entering her 10th day of hunger strike, and there are various rumours going around about the sea worthiness of the pipelaying vessel, Tony Gregory TD, Sen. David Norris, Joe Higgins, Patricia McKenna, Andy Storey (Afri) and the filmmaker Ken Loach all signed up to the joint statement calling for the Multinational Shell to give an unequivocal annoucement , rather than playing with the life of local campaigner Ms Harrington ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 00:55 by Starstruck   text 6 comments (last - wednesday september 17, 2008 - 17:25)   image 10 images
A large crowd assembled at 6pm today to show solidarity for Maura Harrington and the Shell to Sea cause and outrage at the continuing situation in North West Mayo.
A Shell to Sea activist was accosted and arrested for refusing to give his name by two special brnachers after the vigil as he was walking down the street.
Intimidation of this kind is unfortunately to be expected as the state uses last nights bomb threat to increase the pressure on the S2S activists and supporters.
The vigil continues today at 6pm and there will be a 24 hour fast and film screening beginning 6pm Friday should Mauras action be ongoing at that stage.
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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 16, 2008 - 23:54 by FSB! et al.   text 9 comments (last - friday september 19, 2008 - 00:03)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
As Maura Harrington's hunger strike entered its second week today, a delegation of Shell to Sea kayakers travelled yet again to Killybegs, Co. Donegal, to establish contact with Shell's pipe-laying ship the Solitaire. The purpose of the mission was to make contact with the Solitaire's bridge, and to ascertain its intentions regarding its departure from Irish waters. However, the Shell to Sea delegation did not expect the Solitaire to run away from them, which is what it did, thereby refusing all contact with Shell to Sea.

Maura Harrington's hunger strike will end when the Solitaire leaves Irish territorial waters, or else she will die. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Tuesday September 16, 2008 - 01:10 by FSB!   text 10 comments (last - tuesday september 16, 2008 - 13:32)   image 22 images
Maura Harrington's hunger strike against the continuing presence of the pipe-laying ship the Solitaire in Irish waters continued into its seventh day today. In honour of her retirement today on, a special celebration was held in the primary school in Inver, where she had worked as a schoolteacher for over 30 years and as a principal for nearly 10. The protective vigil around her continues tonight, as she continues her hunger strike outside the gates of Shell's Glengad compound. As news of solidarity actions around Ireland and Europe reaches Erris, the community have taken heart from this support and are ever-more resolved to defend their beleaguered community.

Also included in this posting are a selection of photos illustrating what may be about to be lost should Shell and the state get their corrupt violent way. I composed it in response to a statement made by Maura in her letter to the captain of the Solitaire. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Tuesday September 16, 2008 - 00:30 by Dave Donnellan   text 3 comments (last - wednesday september 17, 2008 - 10:02)   video 1 video file
There were two demonstrations held in Dublin on Thursday in solidarity with the struggle in Rossport against Shell's activities. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment Monday September 15, 2008 - 22:57 by Sam (text), Simon (photo's)   text 9 comments (last - wednesday september 17, 2008 - 14:53)   image 20 images
Today Maura Harrington marked her birthday with a seventh day on hunger strike, while supporters from the UK & Ireland demonstrated across London to bring attention to her protest. Maura, a teacher in NW Mayo, is part of the Shell To Sea Campaign which has been actively opposing Shell's latest attempts to lay an 80 km sea based stretch of gas pipeline. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Monday September 15, 2008 - 20:26 by Contaminated Crow
This week incinerators, pylons, pig farm, a bio park and land access ... read full story / add a comment
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