Shell to Sea campaigner jailed for assaulting garda

A RETIRED school principal who is one of the most recognised of the Shell to Sea campaigners has been sent to jail.

Yesterday, 55-year-old Maura Harrington appeared before Belmullet District Court charged with assaulting a member of the gardaí.

The assault was alleged to have taken place on McGrath’s Pier in Poll a Tómáis in north Co Mayo on June 11, 2007.