Shell apologises for trauma inflicted on Rossport Five

ENERGY giant Shell yesterday admitted mistakes had been made in the Corrib gas project and apologised for the trauma inflicted on the Rossport Five.

Shell E&P Ireland managing director Andy Pyle, in a contrite acknowledgement of upheavals in the long-running dispute, apologised for the trauma inflicted on the Rossport Five, who spent 94 days in jail, and on their families.

“Mistakes have been made. We regret the part that we played in the jailing of the five men last summer. For the hurt that this caused the local community, I am sorry. We cannot change the past but we have learned from it,” he said.