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Rossport Solidarity Camp Reopens 2006
Date: Mon, 2006-04-10 15:01
Rosssport Solidarity Camp is re-opening at the moment, in preparation for any attempt by Shell to recommence work, something that they couldn’t do over winter, due to the fatal combination of rain and bog.
Rossport Solidarity Camp June Bank Holiday Gathering
Date: Mon, 2006-04-10 11:13
To celebrate our 1-year anniversary and to get more people to Co. Mayo and involved with the campaign, we are hosting a June bank holiday weekend gathering on the camp. The gathering will take place from the 2nd to the 5th of June
Visit Rossport Solidarity Camp with the WSM in 2006
Date: Thu, 2006-02-23 16:15
The battle by the community in Rossport Co. Mayo to prevent Shell from riding roughshod over their rights and safety shot to national prominence late last year when 5 local men (who became known as the Rossport 5) spent over 3 months in jail. The men were imprisoned for protesting against attempts by Shell to bring a high-pressure gas pipeline across their lands in close proximity to their homes.
Rossport - Go west (and make Shell go offshore)
Date: Fri, 2006-01-20 15:32
Though the issue of the Rossport pipeline was last in the news when the the five local men were released from prison, the conflict with Shell hasn't gone away. Since then the government commissioned a report, which essentially whitewashed Shell and gave the go ahead to build this dangerous pipeline
Racist attack on Irish Travellers in Glenamaddy, Co Galway in October 1993
Date: Tue, 1994-02-08 12:27
THE ATTACK on Travellers in Glenamaddy, Co Galway last October was a shocking exposure of the extent of the racist attitudes that Irish people have towards Travellers. In Glenamaddy, a small town in east Galway, the Four Winds pub has a policy of serving Travellers. This is such an unusual policy, especially in Galway, that large numbers of Travellers regularly travelled long distances to drink there.
