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Home | Friday 24th April 2009 | Issue 673

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ROSSPORT IN A STORM

Veteran Rossport protester Willie Corduff was attacked and hospitalised this week by a gang of masked security guards as he blocked the movement of a truck during protests at Shell’s Glengad facility on the west coast of Ireland. Glengad is the site of the planned onshore part of their facility. Earlier in the protest, which took place during the night of April 22nd-23rd, Shell’s fences were torn down and the site invaded.

Shell to Sea Spokesperson Terence Conway said “This was a vicious and cowardly attack by this group of balaclava-wearing Shell mercenaries in the middle of the night, on a brave member of our community, Willie Corduff, who was peacefully protesting the illegality of this project. The only violence that happened in Glengad last night was carried out by Shell security”.

Willie is one of the original Rossport Five and won the Goldman Environment award (see SchNEWS 585).

In the same week, one of the alumni of Shell's security operation in Rossport was gunned down as he attempted to assassinate Bolivia’s Evo Morales. Not just yer average hired goons then?

* See www.corribsos.com

Keywords: glengad, ireland, rossport, shell, shell to sea, wille corduff


 

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