UptheDeise
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I'm sure if the FF govt took your land gave you a pittance for it then gave the land to a private company you'd be very angry too.
maybe, but that's not what happened.I'm sure if the FF govt took your land gave you a pittance for it then gave the land to a private company you'd be very angry too.
What did happen?
Ruam
maybe, but that's not what happened.
Local landowners in Rossport were told that the raw gas pipeline would be coming through their lands. They would be subject to Compulsory Acqusition Orders if unable to reach a deal with Shell [4]. Some [5] agreed to allow Shell on their lands. Others refused, and Frank Fahey, then Minister for the Marine & Natural Resources signed 34 Compulsory Acquisition Orders. Those who had refused were threatened with legal action. Legal action was eventually brought against four landowning farmers and their former teacher who had joined them in blocking Shell workers coming on their lands, and lived in nearby Ceathrú Thaidhg. Bríd McGarry, who had also blocked Shell workers from her lands, was not brought to court. Mary Corduff is quoted in Our Story:The Rossport Five as having seen an internal Shell memo to the effect that McGarry was not to be brought to court because of her gender. The five men were sentenced to jail indefinitely after refusing to promise to allow Shell put the pipeline through. They became known as the Rossport Five.
Some hippies don't want a gas pipeline built for some reason that's not entirely clear to anyone.
It has often been claimed that the IRA or Sinn Féin have an element of control over the Shell to Sea campaign. This story has been encouraged by the former Minister for Justice Michael McDowell, various national newspapers and local businessmen [11]. Members of many different political groups are involved in the campaign, and prominent local Sinn Féin member Paddy Ruddy works for Shell. Most local campaigners are former Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael supporters, and Philip McGrath, one of the Rossport Five, used to be an election agent for Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny.
Before this, members of the campaign were caricatured as tree-hugging hippies and "sub-intellectual" peasants[12]. Stories of infiltration by political activists from outside the area and intimidation of project supporters have also been rife, but these have been rubbished by local independent TD Jerry Cowley and local Fine Gael TD Michael Ring [13].
Some hippies don't want a gas pipeline built for some reason that's not entirely clear to anyone.
A compulsory purchase order does not give the land owned a “pittance”. That’s the point I was making.
I'm going to obey AAM's posting guidelines.......................!
Finally!!!
And the teacher who was going to starve herself to death...................!
Not to mention there are serious questions about the safety aspects of having gas lines running through peoples properties, considering the huge pressure the gas is under.
Was she the one trying to survive on €94 a week?
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