Rosary protest blocks Shell workers

IT was power versus prayer at the Corrib Gas terminal in Mayo yesterday as one of the world’s largest oil companies was faced down by protesters reciting the rosary.

More than 100 members of the Shell to Sea campaign chanted the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary as Garda Superintendent Joseph Gannon demanded that access be given to 60 workers who turned up to work at the terminal site.

Work had to be abandoned last year due to similar protests and yesterday, despite garda pleas, the blockade again stood its ground.