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'''Willie Corduff''' (born 1953) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Environmentalism|environmental]] activist from the farming community of [[Rossport]], known as one of the "[[Rossport Five]]". He was awarded the [[Goldman Environmental Prize]] in 2007 for his part in the [[Shell to Sea]] campaign, which led to a halt of the construction of a pipeline through their land by [[Royal Dutch Shell]].<ref name="goldman">Goldman Environmental Prize 2007: [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/605 Willie Corduff] <small>(Retrieved on [[2007-10-25]])</small></ref> On 23 April 2009 (the second anniversary of his winning the Goldman Prize), Corduff was hospitalised in the early hours of the morning after an alleged assault by Shell security staff during protest at Shell works at [[Glengad]]. <ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0423/breaking39.html Protester claims he was beaten up], ''Irish Times'', April 23, 2009, 13:18.</ref> <ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0430/1224245681713.html</ref> |
'''Willie Corduff''' (born 1953) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Environmentalism|environmental]] activist from the farming community of [[Rossport]], known as one of the "[[Rossport Five]]". He was awarded the [[Goldman Environmental Prize]] in 2007 for his part in the [[Shell to Sea]] campaign, which led to a halt of the construction of a pipeline through their land by [[Royal Dutch Shell]].<ref name="goldman">Goldman Environmental Prize 2007: [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/605 Willie Corduff] <small>(Retrieved on [[2007-10-25]])</small></ref> On 23 April 2009 (the second anniversary of his winning the Goldman Prize), Corduff was hospitalised in the early hours of the morning after an alleged assault by Shell security staff during protest at Shell works at [[Glengad]]. |
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<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0423/breaking39.html Protester claims he was beaten up], ''Irish Times'', April 23, 2009, 13:18.</ref> <ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0430/1224245681713.html</ref> |
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His father opposed rural electrification i.e. did not want electricity in the country side. |
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Willie Corduff (born 1953) is an Irish environmental activist from the farming community of Rossport, known as one of the "Rossport Five". He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2007 for his part in the Shell to Sea campaign, which led to a halt of the construction of a pipeline through their land by Royal Dutch Shell.[1] On 23 April 2009 (the second anniversary of his winning the Goldman Prize), Corduff was hospitalised in the early hours of the morning after an alleged assault by Shell security staff during protest at Shell works at Glengad. His father opposed rural electrification i.e. did not want electricity in the country side. [2] [3]
References
- ^ Goldman Environmental Prize 2007: Willie Corduff (Retrieved on 2007-10-25)
- ^ Protester claims he was beaten up, Irish Times, April 23, 2009, 13:18.
- ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0430/1224245681713.html
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