Gluaiseacht are calling on all those opposed to the gas giveaway to join us on a bus trip to
– Campaigners to deliver 200-foot pipe to Shell’s global HQ in protest over gas giveaway –
Hundreds of campaigners from across
Organised by campaigning group Gluaiseacht, several busloads of people will gather at Leinster House in
“At a time of looming shortages of resources, we do not wish to see control of them in the hands of corporations whose only motive is profit,” said Gluaiseacht spokesperson, Brother Anthony Keane of Glenstal Abbey in
“The Irish people will not benefit from the Corrib Gas Project. We will have to buy back the gas from Shell at the ever-increasing international market value. As well as this, the project will destroy a pristine environment and thereafter the health and safety of the local community.”
Gluaiseacht spokesperson Treasa NĂ Riain said: “What’s happening in Mayo could happen anywhere in the country now. Prior to this compulsory access to land was only granted to state bodies for public services, such as water and electricity. The law was changed to allow Shell, a private company, to access people’s land without their consent. This precedent will mean that any private company can demand access to anyone’s land.”
“On a day when we as a nation should be proud to be Irish we are ashamed of our government and have been forced to take this issue onto the international stage.”
According to an Irish Times poll on 22nd October 2007, 84% of people felt that the Corrib Gas project was not good for the local community.
The Bus costs €70 waged and €50 unwaged and will start from limerick and pick people up in