Corrib gas pipeline - Report may vindicate protestors

AFTER languishing in jail for 94 days in defiance of the forces of the giant Shell oil company and the State, the Rossport Five will take heart from an independent report which appears to vindicate their stance.

Major questions are raised by the analysis conducted for the Centre for Public Inquiry (CPI) which claims the proposed route of the Corrib gas pipeline is not acceptable on safety grounds because it runs too close to people’s houses.

Claims that the pipeline cannot rupture from internal corrosion “need to be seriously challenged and investigated”, according to CPI.