Dublin Shell to Sea

FISHERMAN JAILED FOR 7 MONTHS FOR OPPOSING SHELL’S INLAND REFINERY
Campaigners still being criminalised despite vindication by An Bord Pleanála
Erris fisherman and prominent Shell to Sea campaigner Pat O’Donnell (52) has been jailed for a total of seven months after losing his appeals against convictions for an alleged "breach of the peace" and allegedly "obstructing a garda". The sentences were handed down at a Circuit Criminal Court sitting in Castlebar.

Retired school principal Maura Harrington is back in prison over her part in the campaign against Shell's inland refinery and high-pressure raw gas pipeline in north Mayo. Harrington has been jailed for 14 days for refusing to pay 3,000 euro in fines arising from a court hearing in March. On that occasion she was jailed for 30 days for allegedly slapping a garda, a charge which she denied.