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23/07/2008
Twelve Arrested Over Pipeline Protest
Gardaí have arrested a dozen people in Co Mayo following a protest against the Corrib gas pipeline.
The 12 are part of a group opposing the location of the €300m gas refinery 9km inland at Bellanboy.
The newly formed community group, were taking part in a protest at Glengad Beach where a contraversial pipeline linked to the refinery is due to be brought ashore.
They were arrested for public order offences and have been taken to Bellmullet Garda Station.
The group says it wants the gas refinery relocated to an area on the north coast of Mayo where they say it will present less of a health and safety hazard to the local community and the environment.
Several safety reviews into the plan have come up with varying recommendations, some of which were discredited following accusations of bias.
However, Senior Planning Inspector Kevin Moore refused planning permission for the refinery unequivocally, but following his report senior Shell executives met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
Ahern then met with the board of An Bord Pleanála and they agreed to ignore Moore's report; the refinery was then given the green light to the consternation of locals.
Protests by residents have been ongoing daily at the refinery site since the summer of 2005, when five local men were jailed for contempt of court after refusing Shell access to their lands and garda have been accused of heavy handindness when dealing with protesters.
(DW)
The 12 are part of a group opposing the location of the €300m gas refinery 9km inland at Bellanboy.
The newly formed community group, were taking part in a protest at Glengad Beach where a contraversial pipeline linked to the refinery is due to be brought ashore.
They were arrested for public order offences and have been taken to Bellmullet Garda Station.
The group says it wants the gas refinery relocated to an area on the north coast of Mayo where they say it will present less of a health and safety hazard to the local community and the environment.
Several safety reviews into the plan have come up with varying recommendations, some of which were discredited following accusations of bias.
However, Senior Planning Inspector Kevin Moore refused planning permission for the refinery unequivocally, but following his report senior Shell executives met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
Ahern then met with the board of An Bord Pleanála and they agreed to ignore Moore's report; the refinery was then given the green light to the consternation of locals.
Protests by residents have been ongoing daily at the refinery site since the summer of 2005, when five local men were jailed for contempt of court after refusing Shell access to their lands and garda have been accused of heavy handindness when dealing with protesters.
(DW)
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