Shell and Gardaí mobilise to rescue TBM
Friday 3rd August
2012
This morning at about 4am hundreds of Gardaí and Shell private
security (IRMS) mobilised to Glenamoy crossroads where sections of Shell's
tunnel boring machine has been stuck on a jack-knifed lorry for the last number
of days. Since then convoys of lorrys have been hauling stone from a stock pile
inside the refinery to the site, dumping it into the field below the cab of the
jack- knifed lorry. It is thought that they need better foundations than the bog
road and fields in order to use a crane big enough to lift the weight of the
lorry and the TBM.
Since this morning the area is under police
occupation on a scale similar to that during the Solitaire pipelaying operation
in 2008 and 2009. With no warning or notices the North coast road between
Glenamoy and Ballinaboy has been closed, there are Gardaí posted every 50 metres
along this new haulage route and freedom of movement has been seriously
curtailed. Anyone who wishes to come down to document the occupation and
harassment of the community would be most welcome.
Glenamoy locals have
noticed the road subsiding under all the weight - this will become worse if they
get a crane in there. The desperation of behalf of Shell and the Gardaí mirrors
what is at stake - the Corrib project is literally at a crossroads and could be
slipping into the bog that Shell have been fighting against for all these
years.
The camp is open and if you ever thought about coming up here then
now is the time. The resistance over the last few days has been inspiring -
starting with the protest presence Dublin port, the tracking across country and
the protests and blockades in Mayo. Would the convoy drivers have decided to
head down a bog road to turn for a better angle on the last corner if there had
been no pressure?
Besides protest actions to stop the delivery of the TBM
to the tunnelling site (if they manage to move it at all) there is all the other
work needed to keep the show on the road (and the TBM stuck on it) -
housekeeping, reporting, media work, tea, food, transport and lots
more.
If you can't come please spread the word, and we'll try keep you up
to date as things happen.
All the best
Everyone at the Rossport
Solidarity Camp
www.rossportsolidaritycamp.org
www.shelltosea.com
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