Rossport Five - Outbreak of reason is long overdue

Reason prevailed in the High Court yesterday with the release of the so-called Rossport Five after 94 days in jail because of their opposition to Shell’s Corrib gas pipeline.

Had it been invoked in the first instance, these men need never to have seen the inside of a prison.

They effectively received a ticking off from the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Joseph Finnegan, who warned them about their future conduct, although later this month he will decide if they are still to be punished for an illegal protest at the gas development site.