Western People: We don’t want to be guinea pigs for Shell, say residents
“Mr Corduff said Shell was using the courts “to bully” the residents of Rossport.”
Posted Monday 11 July 2005
He begged the court for the sort of justice which he had not got to date. Willie Corduff, a father of six from Rossport in County Mayo, told the High Court in Dublin on Wednesday morning that the development of the Corrib gas pipeline had taken an enormous toll on himself and his family. He was afraid to leave his home, was stressed, and was not sleeping at night. Mr Corduff said Shell was using the courts “to bully” the residents of Rossport.
“I am prepared to go to prison to get my rights, like McBrearty,” he said. Mr Corduff was one of five men from County Mayo to face contempt of court proceedings in the High Court in respect of a previous order restraining the men from obstructing work on the construction of the Corrib gas pipeline through their lands at Rossport.