Legal bid to end Rossport Five pipeline stand-off

A PROPOSAL which could break the impasse in the dispute which has kept the “Rossport Five” in prison for the past 12 days is to come before the High Court on Thursday.

Legal bid to end Rossport Five pipeline stand-off
Tue, 12 Jul, 2005 - 01:00

The five men were jailed for contempt of a court order relating to their protests at the site of a pipeline linked to the Corrib gas field off Co Mayo.

The case was before the High Court yesterday and was adjourned until Thursday, when new attempts are expected to be made to have the men freed.

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