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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.  |
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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. |
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