Bloomberg: Irish Villagers Say Shell Pipeline Is Health Hazard, Risk Jail
“Shell, which said in 2002 it expected to bring gas onshore within two years, now can’t say when it expects to begin tapping the field.”
Tuesday 25 October 2005
Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) — Willie Corduff, a farmer from Rossport in western Ireland, spent 94 days in prison for obstructing Royal Dutch/Shell Plc’s plans to build a pipeline near his village. A court will rule today on whether he needs to serve more time.
“I don’t want to go back to jail, but I will if I have to,” said Corduff, 51, as he drove from Bellanaboy to Rossport, a 30-house village perched on the edge of Broadhaven Bay in Mayo. Corduff, wearing blue jeans and green wellington boots, says he’ll do anything “within the law” to prevent the project.