The 10th of November 2006 was chosen by the Shell to Sea campaign as a suitable day of action as it marked the anniversary of the hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa and 8 other Ogoni activists who opposed Shell in Nigeria.
In 2007, following the baton charge and other incidents in which people were injured, GSOC sought to do a “policies and practices” investigation into the policing of Shell/Corrib protests. However, the then Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan denied GSOC permission to carry out this investigation. As the 2010 Frontline report stated this created “the impression that the State does not want the Garda Síochána held properly to account over the policing of the Corrib dispute”. [2]
Four days before the baton charge, President Michael D. Higgins addressed the protestors outside Bellanaboy refinery stating “The issue is the right of the people of Erris to have security and safety… They want to be able to live their lives in peace. They deserve protection from any company that seeks to trample over their rights. What is important are issues of justice and no company should be outside the law”. [3]
Shell to Sea spokesperson Terence Conway stated “In the case of Shell not only were they above the law but the Gardaí encouraged and assisted Shell in breaking the law. At the time of the baton charge the Gardaí had a stated ‘no arrest’ policy and the companion of that ‘no arrest’ policy was an assault policy in which Gardaí just beat up peaceful protestors”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4_TZQTj3Y[2] Frontline Report: “Breakdown in Trust: A Report on the Corrib Gas Dispute”
http://www.shelltosea.com/content/frontline-report-breakdown-trust-report-corrib-gas-dispute
[3] Michael D Higgins speaking outside Shell refinery gates – YouTube – at 3:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgpfy_PB6yU
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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
