Mass trespass halts work on Shell refinery in Ireland

16.02.2007

The Shell to Sea Cam­paign organ­ised a day of sup­port on the 16th Feb­ru­ary at Bel­lan­aboy to give peo­ple from around the coun­try the oppor­tu­ni­ty to show their sup­port and sol­i­dar­i­ty with the com­mu­ni­ty of Erris in their strug­gle against Shell. After the offi­cial protest had end­ed around 100 peo­ple crossed the bog to gain access to the refin­ery and suceed­ed in halt­ing work there.

16.02.2007

The Shell to Sea Cam­paign organ­ised a day of sup­port on the 16th Feb­ru­ary at Bel­lan­aboy to give peo­ple from around the coun­try the oppor­tu­ni­ty to show their sup­port and sol­i­dar­i­ty with the com­mu­ni­ty of Erris in their strug­gle against Shell. After the offi­cial protest had end­ed around 100 peo­ple crossed the bog to gain access to the refin­ery and suceed­ed in halt­ing work there.

Minute by minute account at http://www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php?story_id=4918

Video — 16/02/07_SheltoSea_Corrib — video/x‑ms-wmv 16M