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Lapsed Pacifist: New page: The '''Pro Gas Mayo Group''' (PGMG) is a pressure group based in County Mayo, Ireland. It was established to garner support throughout Mayo and beyond for the [[Corrib gas project]...

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New page: The '''Pro Gas Mayo Group''' (PGMG) is a pressure group based in County Mayo, Ireland. It was established to garner support throughout Mayo and beyond for the [[Corrib gas project]...

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The '''Pro Gas Mayo Group''' (PGMG) is a pressure group based in [[County Mayo]], [[Ireland]]. It was established to garner support throughout Mayo and beyond for the [[Corrib gas project]], and in 2007 replaced the now defunct [[Pro Erris Gas Group]], presumably to widen its geographical scope ([[Erris]] is one of Mayo's nine [[Baronies of Ireland|baronies]]). It is highly critical of the [[Shell to Sea]] campaign, which it contends threatens employment in Mayo. It especially dislikes that campaign's practice of [[nonviolent]] [[civil disobedience]], and is quick to condemn alleged property damage against [[Royal Dutch Shell]] contractors <ref>http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3505&Itemid=29</ref>, as well as anti-Shell graffiti. <ref>http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4999&Itemid=38</ref>

Critics of the group are suspicious of its secretiveness. There are only three known members, [[PÃ¡draig Cosgrove]] (from [[Bangor Erris]], a former non-party councillor on [[Mayo County Council]] (MCC)), [[Harry Walsh]] (from [[Kilmaine]], a serving non-party councillor on MCC), and [[Brendan Cafferty]] (from [[Ballina, County Mayo|Ballina]], a former member of [[An Garda SÃochÃ¡na]]). Apart from a meeting in [[Castlebar]] in [[July 2007]], nothing is known of where or how often the group meets, how it is funded, how many members it has, or whether they are salaried. Cafferty, the secretary of the group, is usually the letter-writer. Cosgrove (the chairman) tends to be the public face of the group.

==Link==
[http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=ie-en&FC2=/ie-en/html/iwgen/zzz_lhn.html&FC3=/ie-en/html/iwgen/shell_for_businesses/exploration_production_shared/media/press_clippings/sepil_brendan_cafferty_commentary.html PGMG page on Shell website]

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[[Category:Corrib gas controversy]]
[[Category:Politics of County Mayo]]

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−	The '''Pro Gas Mayo Group''' (PGMG) is a pressure group based in [[County Mayo]], [[Ireland]]. It was established to garner support throughout Mayo and beyond for the [[Corrib gas project]], and in 2007 replaced the now defunct [[Pro Erris Gas Group]], presumably to widen its geographical scope ([[Erris]] is one of Mayo's nine [[Baronies of Ireland\|baronies]]). It is highly critical of the [[Shell to Sea]] campaign, which it contends threatens employment in Mayo. It especially dislikes that campaign's practice of [[nonviolent]] [[civil disobedience]], and is quick to condemn alleged property damage against [[Royal Dutch Shell]] contractors <ref>http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3505&Itemid=29</ref>, as well as anti-Shell graffiti. <ref>http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4999&Itemid=38</ref>	+	The '''Pro Gas Mayo Group''' (PGMG) is an [[astroturf]] pressure group based in [[County Mayo]], [[Ireland]]. It was established to garner support throughout Mayo and beyond for the [[Corrib gas project]], and in 2007 replaced the now defunct [[Pro Erris Gas Group]], presumably to widen its geographical scope ([[Erris]] is one of Mayo's nine [[Baronies of Ireland\|baronies]]). It is highly critical of the [[Shell to Sea]] campaign, which it contends threatens employment in Mayo. It especially dislikes that campaign's practice of [[nonviolent]] [[civil disobedience]], and is quick to condemn alleged property damage against [[Royal Dutch Shell]] contractors <ref>http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3505&Itemid=29</ref>, as well as anti-Shell graffiti. <ref>http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4999&Itemid=38</ref>

	Critics of the group are suspicious of its secretiveness. There are only three known members, [[PÃ¡draig Cosgrove]] (from [[Bangor Erris]], a former non-party councillor on [[Mayo County Council]] (MCC)), [[Harry Walsh]] (from [[Kilmaine]], a serving non-party councillor on MCC), and [[Brendan Cafferty]] (from [[Ballina, County Mayo\|Ballina]], a former member of [[An Garda SÃochÃ¡na]]). Apart from a meeting in [[Castlebar]] in [[July 2007]], nothing is known of where or how often the group meets, how it is funded, how many members it has, or whether they are salaried. Cafferty, the secretary of the group, is usually the letter-writer. Cosgrove (the chairman) tends to be the public face of the group.		Critics of the group are suspicious of its secretiveness. There are only three known members, [[PÃ¡draig Cosgrove]] (from [[Bangor Erris]], a former non-party councillor on [[Mayo County Council]] (MCC)), [[Harry Walsh]] (from [[Kilmaine]], a serving non-party councillor on MCC), and [[Brendan Cafferty]] (from [[Ballina, County Mayo\|Ballina]], a former member of [[An Garda SÃochÃ¡na]]). Apart from a meeting in [[Castlebar]] in [[July 2007]], nothing is known of where or how often the group meets, how it is funded, how many members it has, or whether they are salaried. Cafferty, the secretary of the group, is usually the letter-writer. Cosgrove (the chairman) tends to be the public face of the group.

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Lapsed Pacifist at 15:51, 10 April 2009

Lapsed Pacifist: New page: The '''Pro Gas Mayo Group''' (PGMG) is a pressure group based in County Mayo, Ireland. It was established to garner support throughout Mayo and beyond for the [[Corrib gas project]...