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"Think Irish" campaign goes guerrilla to make Ireland more economically independent
Building Irish consciousness in a pop culture bent on fickleness is no easy task. So a group called ThinkIrish.ie is appealing to Irish consciousness on a self-reliance level, and focusing on the island's produce and industry. They're drawing people's attention to "Irishness" as an economic strategy.
Shell's Nigerian plan for Ireland and natives of Mayo (with video)
When Ken Saro-Wiwa once demanded the right of native people to rule themselves and own their own natural resources, he was doing so against the super-human powers of Shell corporation in their quest to exploit and take Nigerian resources. Similarly Shell is a major stakeholder in the Corrib gas pipeline saga of County Mayo in the west of Ireland. The mural above depicting Wiwa is from Ireland. Watch the video below for a better sense of how the Nigerian experience precedes and warns the Irish.