Residents opposed to the building of a controversial €200m gas refinery near their homes in north Mayo today made a fresh appeal to Shell in Ireland to suspend work on the project and to relocate the terminal to a more remote coastal site.
The group includes three of the men who were jailed for three months in 2005 for opposing a planned pipeline.
The group of residents says all of the problems surrounding the project would be solved ‘in one move’ if the company agreed to its proposal to relocate the terminal.
The residents say they are not ‘anti-gas’, but are concerned about health, safety and the environment.
They say their proposal represents an opportunity for resolution, and the conflict can be resolved by agreement and respect.
A spokesman for Shell E&P said it would be making no comment on the proposal.
The refinery is already one-third built, and sources say there is little to no likelihood that the plant will be relocated.
