Shell compound breached in Glengad during RSC gathering

May 31, 2009
This after­noon at 5pm, over 200 peo­ple from the local com­mu­ni­ty and the Ross­port Sol­i­dar­i­ty Camp Sum­mer Gath­er­ing attempt­ed to dis­man­tle Shel­l’s ille­gal com­pound at Glen­gad.

Trying to breach Shell compound at GlengadMay 31, 2009
This after­noon at 5pm, over 200 peo­ple from the local com­mu­ni­ty and the Ross­port Sol­i­dar­i­ty Camp Sum­mer Gath­er­ing attempt­ed to dis­man­tle Shel­l’s ille­gal com­pound at Glen­gad.

After a day of direct action train­ing, local peo­ple and their sup­port­ers walked to the south side of the com­pound where they attempt­ed to breach the fence in two places. They were met by strong oppo­si­tion from over six­ty Gar­dai, includ­ing many from the Pub­lic Order Unit.

At least five peo­ple who scaled the fence into the com­pound were held by secu­ri­ty guards and lat­er arrest­ed.

Lat­er in the after­noon, as the crowd were leav­ing, a fur­ther arrest was made when the Gar­dai tar­get­ed a promi­nent cam­paign­er and forcibly detained him for speak­ing out against the actions of the Gar­dai.

Today’s action comes the day after Mau­ra Har­ring­ton was released after 13 days in Mount Joy prison, Dublin for non-pay­ment of fines, includ­ing a one thou­sand euro con­tri­bu­tion to the Gar­da Benev­o­lent Fund.

Around 200 peo­ple are attend­ing the RSC sum­mer gath­er­ing. It’s a beau­ti­ful­ly sun­ny week­end and preper­a­tions are now well under way for anoth­er sum­mer of action against Shell in Mayo, on land and sea. Come and be part of it!