Yesterday Ógra Shinn Féin took part in a Shell 2 Sea protest outside the Norwegian embassy to highlight the involvement of the Norwegian state through Statoil in the plunder of Ireland's natural resources. Our point, that citizens of Norway will benefit more from the resources of Ireland than the Irish people was particularly shocking to many passersby from which there was a positive reaction.
Ógra spokesperson Oisín Ó Dubhláin said:
"The plunder of our natural resources by companies like Statoil in conjunction with Shell is nothing less than a disgrace. With activists opposing this robbery of the Irish people being imprisoned for months and some on trial with the possibility of being sentenced to years imprisonment, we can not abandon the people of Mayo."
"These companies are ruthless but we must dedicate ourselves to making this project impossible. We must blacken the name of these plunderers and shame them at every chance, we must make Shell the 21st century Cpt. Boycott. We must stand up to Garda repression and brutality and never allow this to happen again."
The Shell to Sea stall in Dun Laoghaire will be part of the Cool Earth Fair -open from 11am – 6pm, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th of August in Dun Laoghaire County Hall, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire.
The Shell to Sea campaign will also be holding an information session in Mayo at Healy's hall in Glenamoy on Saturday 25th August from 2-6PM.
See http://www.indymedia.ie/article/83815
There will be a large scale protest action at the site of the proposed Shell refinery in Mayo on the morning of September 14th.
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