Corrib gas deal should benefit the people

ON the first anniversary of the jailing of the Rossport Five it is important to reassert that the people of Ireland, especially Mayo, continue to campaign for Shell to be sent to sea and for a renegotiation of the Corrib gas deal to benefit the people of Ireland and not Shell and their friends in business and government.

We intend to raise this issue in the forthcoming general election.

The proposed Shell project in north Mayo is based on the cheapest way to maximise oil shareholders’ profits with near total disregard for the rights of the receiving communities, compounded by FF/PD/FG facilitation for the past six years. It adds regional environmental insult to national economic injury.