• In 2005 the state gave Shell permission to build thegas pipeline through a community in Rossport, Co. Mayo.
  • “From the perspective of government policy which seeks to foster regional development, this is the wrong site, from a strategic planning perspective; this is the wrong site; from the perspective of minimizing environmental impact, this is the wrong site; and from the perspective of sustainable development, this is the wrong site.”

– Mr. Kevin Moore, Bord Plaenaela Senior Planning Advisor

  • The state has used its police force with ruthless efficiency to break up peaceful protests in Rossport.
  • The pressure inside the Corrib pipeline will be up to four times greater than any of the biggest Bord Gáis pipelines. In Kinsale the gas is refined at sea and piped ashore because it is considered dangerous to do otherwise.
  • The pipeline will be going through land with a history of landslides.
  • "I don't think any company, even Shell, will introduce expensive safety measures unless they have to"

– Christy Loftus Shell's Communications Officer in Mayo

  • The state will receive no shares or royalties from the gas.

The Connolly Youth Movement supports the public ownership of land and resources by working people for working people. Never in Irish history have the working class had control over their resources in a way that would benefit them first and foremost. The CYM will continue to organise, educate and agitate for the liberation of the working class and for thedevelopment of socialism in Ireland. Stand and be counted against injustice.

Connolly Youth Movement

Connolly Youth Movement

For People’s Control of Resources

In June 2005,the Rossport 5 were jailed for their opposition to the construction of the Corrib gas pipeline through their land. Due to the enormous public pressure put on the government bythe supporters of the five imprisoned men, they were released 4 months later. After this, a national campaign emerged to continue their opposition to thepipeline, this struggle continues today. The CYM opposes the sale of Irish resources the foreign corporations underminingthe health and safety of the Rossport community. The deal done with Shell dates back to1987 when Minister Ray Burke, later convicted of corruption, abandoned the policy of 50% public ownership of any newly discovered gas or oil. This act means that Irish people will see nothing of the millions that Shell make out of the Corrib gas field.