Strongly biased view of gas pipeline protest

IN your editorial (September 11), you complain about protests against Shell’s persistent attempts to build a refinery in Co Mayo which you consider “unacceptable” and which allegedly “involve illegal or criminal behaviour”.

This strikes me as a strongly biased view, ignoring illegal activities by the company, with the support of the gardaí and even the navy, in connection with the dispute. You fail to mention, for example, the intimidation of local fishermen who are struggling to protect their fishing grounds in defiance of Shell’s attempts to lay a pipeline through the Special Area of Conservation that is Broadhaven Bay.

Where can I read your unbiased investigation of the conflicting legal issues involved in Shell’s destruction of this area of exceptional natural beauty?