Shell In Ireland and abroad

international | miscellaneous | other press Thursday June 04, 2009 16:57 by Ronoc

"What do Nigeria and Ireland have in common? Shell, gas and trouble." By Miriam Cotton

"While Royal Dutch Shell are on trial in New York on charges of conspiring with the Nigerian government to have the activist and writer Ken Saro Wiwa hanged, Shell is also embroiled in a similar controversy in Co Mayo, Ireland, where its plans for a pipeline and refinery are meeting with determined opposition. A version of this article first appeared in the June 2009 issue of Village - an Irish current affairs magazine. "

"What do Nigeria and Ireland have in common? Shell, gas and trouble." By Miriam Cotton

"While Royal Dutch Shell are on trial in New York on charges of conspiring with the Nigerian government to have the activist and writer Ken Saro Wiwa hanged, Shell is also embroiled in a similar controversy in Co Mayo, Ireland, where its plans for a pipeline and refinery are meeting with determined opposition. A version of this article first appeared in the June 2009 issue of Village - an Irish current affairs magazine. "

Read on here: http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/21622