Home   +  Weblog   +  Craig Murray  +   Invite Craig to Speak  +   Documents
Craig Murray
Former Ambassador, Human Rights Activist



Click to buy The Catholic Orangemen of Togo and Other Conflicts I Have Known

Click to find out more about Murder in Samarkand and other books that may be of interest.

Just Foreign Policy Iraqi Death Estimator

CATEGORIES

    Afghanistan (42)
    Dundee Uni (27)
    Economic Policy (2)
    FAQs (3)
    Ghana (27)
    Interviews (39)
    Life (60)
    Links (25)
    Norwich North! (24)
    Other (163)
    Palestine (54)
    Rendition (341)
    Russia (11)
    Scotland (14)
    sleaze (69)
    Speeches (18)
    Straw Man (45)
    The Book (119)
    The Election (124)
    The Film (18)
    The Telegrams! (3)
    UK Policy (464)
    Usmanov (14)
    Uzbekistan (229)
    War and Iran? (49)
    War in Iraq (228)





    RSS Feed

« No Muslim, So No Terrorism updated | Main | The Other Book »

February 19, 2010

Pat O'Donnell Jailed

The jailing of Pat O'Donnell in Ireland for seven months for "obstructing a Garda" seems an appalling attempt to end local environmental opposition to a massive Shell pipeline project. Having seen so much of Shell's appalling bullying of local communities in the Niger Delta, I did not really expect to see the same behaviour in Ireland.

A few months ago masked thugs attacked Pat and his brother and sank his fishing boat, thus ruining his livelihood. The Garda did nothing. Now they have arrested him for demonstrating, and a complicit judiciary has given a sentence for peaceful opposition activity that belongs in Uzbekistan, not in Ireland.
http://www.shelltosea.com/

Posted by craig on February 19, 2010 12:47 AM in the category sleaze


Comments

I haven't found a single mainstream report about this yet, and it happened a week ago. The corporate world is becoming completely brazen and arrogant in its oppression. This really does not bode well.

Posted by: Clark at February 19, 2010 1:48 AM


Eire has been co-opted into the NWO - which is, after all, a corporate project. Nothing speaks louder than money.

Posted by: Scunnert at February 19, 2010 3:47 AM


I posted a few links, Craig, and then realised that they was probably the reason I got a "held for moderation" message.

Posted by: dreoilin at February 19, 2010 12:37 PM


Yes - when it says that, it disappears. I can't find it anywhere.

Posted by: Craig at February 19, 2010 12:49 PM


Dreoilin,

post no more than two per comment.

Craig,

honestly, you and your website!

Posted by: Clark at February 19, 2010 1:36 PM


Thank you so much, Ambassador Murray!
Here is another link folks may find of interest:
Austin, Texas Plane Crash 'Oddities' By Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/austin_texas_plane_crash_oddities.html
Lori

Lori Price
Managing Editor
Citizens For Legitimate Government
http://www.legitgov.org/

Posted by: Lori Price at February 19, 2010 5:12 PM


Tks Clark, Craig. I'll be back.
Got to take care of RSI or I'll be in deep doo-doo.

Posted by: dreoilin at February 19, 2010 7:12 PM


The imprisonment of Pat O'Donnell was portrayed by RTE as putting a thug behind bars. I saw their report. They gave no background but presumably didn't feel the need as this has been a very long running saga. The people in the West of Ireland are hardy and stubborn, and it looks like they are being vindicated on safety issues at least.

The Irish Times reported that Shell is delaying some of its work that will not now go ahead in 2010. The Times only referred to Pat O'Donnell in the last paragraph or so of that report.

Anyone who's interested can read Fintan O'Toole's piece from February 16 in the Irish Times.

http://tinyurl.com/y8ugq7t

And here's a Limerick blogger venting (May 2008) about the deal the Irish government made with Shell:

http://tinyurl.com/yf375mw

Fianna Fail (one of the two big parties, both of which had their roots in the Civil War) has been in power (or the main party in a coalition) for 50 of the last 80 years, and is widely considered to be corrupt. Bertie Ahern resigned in the middle of investigations into his finances.

Periodically I get serious RSI in my arm/shoulder, so I may not be able to come back for a while. If I don't look after it I could find myself forced off the computer.

Looking forward to Craig's radio play this afternoon.

Posted by: at February 20, 2010 11:54 AM


Oops, that was me.

Posted by: dreoilin at February 20, 2010 11:55 AM


He's a 'thug' who waited till he was in his 50s before landing in Court? I think not; Pat O'Donnell has a history of hard work & service to his community, including saving lives in a sea-rescue. The State has tried many dirty tricks to impose this unsafe project; see Shell to Sea videos on You Tube, especially 'Digger & Cops' - GardaĆ­ using a JCB against peaceful protestors.

Posted by: Chrissie at March 6, 2010 4:42 PM


"Pat O'Donnell, a Hero"

http://www.shelltosea.com/

Craig, your post here has been reproduced at http://www.shelltosea.com/.

Posted by: dreoilin at March 8, 2010 11:51 AM


Coded by wibbler