In Reply to: Free Corrib 5 with Every Pack posted by Mogli on June 29, 2005 at 23:24:59:

Seems we may have some of the usual government malfeasance/incompetence in this one.

From the Mayo News:

The Quantified Risk Assessment, or safety, of the upstream pipeline has been exposed, with a company 50% owned by Shell employed by the government to carry out the safety assessment. Rossport people are also concerned about an earlier independent assessment by a consultant who, some allege, once worked with the company who made the pipeline and with companies who work as partners to Shell. To date, there is NO credible assessment on the safety of this pipeline, yet five people who stopped Shell from progressing work on this pipeline stand before the High Court today on contempt charges. The mind boggles. There seems to be a serious loss of accountability, openness and transparency or else we are living in Bongo Bongo land. No one from the Government, Shell, Environmental Protection Agency, Health and Safety Authority, Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources, An Bord Pleanála, Mayo County Council or Belmullet Local Area Councillors can give Rossport people a safety guarantee on the pipeline. What has been produced to date is nothing more than an insult to people’s intelligence. Either Department officials know nothing or else there are grounds for holding an inquiry into why such reports were allowed to be carried out. In the meantime, five Mayo men face possible jail sentences.

• Mayo News