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Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, this week Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy or to end it. But how far is he really going in his new commitment to free speech, asks Rebekah Barnett.
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Shell's Security Guards Lose Control, Shell to Sea Campaigners Assaulted

category mayo | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Thursday October 22, 2009 18:18author by Jen Debender - Rossport Solidarity Camp Report this post to the editors

IRMS is caught with their pants down two days running

Early this morning the 22 October, four Shell to Sea campaigners entered the field in Glengad where Shell is working (the same field where work was stopped by a digger-occupier yesterday- http://www.indymedia.ie/article/94519). Two people managed to get on top of the same digger, but IRMS (Shell's private security contractors) got violent and dragged them down, injuring them both in the process.
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Just after 8am this morning, four people entered the land where shell is working in Glengad next to the Glenamoy Bog Complex, a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). This followed an all night vigil kept by local residents parked outside the field blocking the entrance gate. The four campaigners who entered the field all got close to two machines, but two of them were immediately swarmed by IRMS and 'escorted' out the front gate of the field. The other two campaigners managed to get up on top of the of the digger, only 14 hours after the campaigner from yesterday had gotten down from the digger.

The 20-25 IRMS guards on the site were obviously embarrassed to be caught with their pants down two days in a row, and seemed determined not to let another day's work be halted by Shell to Sea. Their boss Jim Farrell was not there to calm them down or reign them in this time, and they lost it. In the early hours of the morning, without many witnesses or much daylight, IRMS behaviour was much more aggressive then the previous day.

One person had made it safely onto the digger arm, but was followed up by notorious IRMS villain Willie Moynihan. While other IRMS security guards held the campaigners' arms, Moynihangrabbed the person by the throat squeezing pressure points causing him to scream in agonising pain. The IRMS gang then pulled the campaigner off the digger and carried him off the site over a fence. Moynihan left a small scar and bruising on the person's neck. Grabbing necks and strangling seems a favorite type of violence for Willie Moynihan. He has used it repeatedly- on one occasion to a person on crutches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7ZHynY0sKw&feature=play...epage)

Another person who had climbed up onto the cab of the digger was dragged down by an IRMS guard and had his knee bashed on the digger, causing him a serious amount of pain. After being assaulted at a dangerous height on top of the digger, both campaigners were carried out of the field in no gentle manner.

Both campaigners who were assaulted have since received medical attention, and complaints have been made to the Gardaí regarding the assaults. Serious concerns have been raised about IRMS conduct in relation to numerous protests in recent times, in particular with regard to the assault on Willie Corduff in May (http://www.indymedia.ie/article/92036?search_text=willi...rduff)

The driver who had blocked the entrance gate to the site had her car towed away later that morning when workers were trying to bring in fencing for the site.

Speaking about the incident, Maura Harrington said “The serious concerns of local people to the actions of security guards have not been sufficiently acted on, and these assaults are a direct result. IRMS are mercenaries acting with impunity, terrorising our community. Locals who oppose this project have every reason to fear for their safety with those thugs around.”

Related Link: http://shelltosea.com

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   more photos     Various    Thu Oct 22, 2009 18:28 
   2 more photos     various    Thu Oct 22, 2009 18:30 
   brave people     mumsy vampire bear    Thu Oct 22, 2009 20:02 
   Security     Damien    Thu Oct 22, 2009 23:23 
   Solidarity & keep up the fight!     FSB!    Fri Oct 23, 2009 00:14 
   Of Itself, Not helpful     Fred Johnston    Fri Oct 23, 2009 17:52 
   Why didn't we think of that?     Damien    Fri Oct 23, 2009 20:57 
   phone a radion station     Jed Ronson    Fri Oct 23, 2009 23:31 
   Media     S2S    Fri Oct 23, 2009 23:35 
 10   Press Releases     Slick PR machine    Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:19 
 11   fighting corruption is the issue     old codger    Sat Oct 24, 2009 15:44 
 12   physical attack by member of private security     míol mór    Sat Oct 24, 2009 17:12 
 13   A 'Radion' station     Damien    Sat Oct 24, 2009 19:44 
 14   Ombudsman to discuss Corrib policing at forum (Times)     x    Sun Nov 01, 2009 13:55 


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