Last Updated: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 09:09
Seven people have been arrested following a demonstration yeasterday evening at the site of Shell’s controversial Corrib gas pipeline.
The men, aged from their late teens to mid 40s, were held on public order offences and are expected to appear in court on May 13th.
Gardaí said the protest began at about 7pm last night when up to 150 protesters, including men, women and children, gathered at the site in Glengad near Rossport. Some of the protesters carreid ropes and cables, and tied them to the fence at the compound in an attempt to pull it down.
However, there was no breach of the compound, a garda spokeswoman said, and both officers and protesters escaped without injury.
Superintendent Michael Larkin said the gardaí fully recognised the right of people to protest, and encouraged peaceful protest.
However, he said people had arived yesterday with the “clear intent” of causing criminal damage.
A number of notices were posted on websites in Ireland and the UK calling for those who oppose Shell’s project in Co Mayo to be in Glengad where the pipeline carrying gas from the Corrib fields is to come to shore.
The online notices said the objective of the event was to remove fencing erected around the landfall site on the beach.
Tension in the area has intensified in recent weeks after construction recommenced after a winter break.
Last month a masked gang entered the site late at night armed with chains and iron bars and commandeered a mechanical digger, which they used to damage the security fence. Private security guards alleged they were assaulted and threatened.
Hours later, Willie Corduff one of five protestors jailed in 2005 over demonstrations against the pipeline claimed he was set upon by security personnel.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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