St Patrick's Day Protest at the Irish Embassy in London - Tuesday next

Out this morning canvassing in Lambeth and speaking to voters on doorsteps. Surprising how late some people get up on a Saturday morning - encountered a lot of people half asleep or in pyjamas etc. I assume a lot of people had been having a late Friday night. I met one young man who had recently turned 18 and reminded him that 56% of those aged 18 to 24 were not registered to vote and gave him a registration form. People have until April 20th to register.


Like all Irish people the world over I will be celebrating St Patrick's Day on Wednesday as it is our national day. However, it is worth remembering a David and Goliath struggle currently being fought out on the west coast of Ireland - a struggle which has been going on for several years. This is well worth supporting and I would go to the Irish Embassy on Tuesday were it not for the fact that I have to go to Nottingham to support a friend's husband who is appearing in a court case there. But I support this campaign from the bottom of my heart. More shame that the Green Energy and Communications Minister, Eamon Ryan, who used to support Shell to Sea now seems to be a mouthpiece for Shell. This is a photo of the fisherman, Pat O'Donnell, who has been jailed for standing up to a multinational oil company.

St. Patrick's Day Pat O'Donnell Support / Irish Embassy in London.

Come and celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style and show your support for Pat O'Donnell currently incarcerated at Castlerea Prison for not cooperating with Shell's cops in County Mayo

(http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95776?search_text=the+chief).


For 11 years the people of County Mayo have been resisting Shell's efforts to develop a dangerous high pressure raw gas pipeline. Pat O'Donnell, a prominent local fisherman and anti-Shell campaigner who was only defending his family and livelihood has been sentenced to 7 months in jail. This is yet another example of Shell's criminalisation of members of the Rossport community with previously unblemished records, aided and abetted by the Irish state.

Come and protest at the Irish Embassy in London against what the Irish government is doing in the name of Shell / Topaz in County Mayo. Show your support and in true St. Patrick's day spirit drive the snakes that Shell / Topaz are out of County Mayo.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95783

For more details please contact: londonshelltosea at hotmail.co.uk

Embassy of Ireland, 17 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7HR

http://protest.net/imcuk/calendrome.cgi?span=event&ID=1701077&day=17&mon...

Date: Tue, 16/03/2010 - 11:00