Shell to Sea: Notice served on Solitaire

20.08.2008
As part of the ongo­ing week of action in Ross­port, a let­ter was today deliv­ered to the Soli­taire demand­ing its with­draw­al from the project.

Yes­ter­day after­noon a team of kayak­ers braved the waters of Done­gal Bay to pad­dle over a kilo­me­tre out to sea to deliv­er a let­ter of protest to Cap­tain Simon Van Der Plicht of the Soli­taire.

20.08.2008
As part of the ongo­ing week of action in Ross­port, a let­ter was today deliv­ered to the Soli­taire demand­ing its with­draw­al from the project.

Yes­ter­day after­noon a team of kayak­ers braved the waters of Done­gal Bay to pad­dle over a kilo­me­tre out to sea to deliv­er a let­ter of protest to Cap­tain Simon Van Der Plicht of the Soli­taire.

A crane low­ered a buck­et from the ship to receive the let­ter after the kayak­ers spoke to the Cap­tain on the radio.

Rep­re­sent­ing the views of many from the com­mu­ni­ties affect­ed by the Cor­rib gas project, the let­ter asks the Cap­tain to recon­sid­er his, and the ship’s, par­tic­i­pa­tion in the devel­op­ment.

The let­ter clear­ly states that if the Cap­tain choos­es to con­tin­ue the ship’s involve­ment he will meet strong resis­tance. Many peo­ple have pledged to take to the water to stop this pipeline con­struc­tion work.

Today’s action is part of a Shell to Sea Week of Action tar­get­ing the Soli­taire.

Actions will take place all this week until the ship is forced to aban­don work.