Rossport Five

The Rossport Five (Irish: Cúigear Ros Dumhach) are Willie Corduff, brothers Philip and Vincent McGrath, Micheál Ó Seighin and James Brendan Philbin, from Kilcommon parish, Erris, County Mayo, Ireland.

[citation needed] There were protests all over Ireland during the period of the men's imprisonment,[2][3][4][5] with filling stations of Shell, and its junior partner Statoil, being picketed and blockaded by both political activists and ordinary members of the public.

[citation needed] Defending his company's stance, and despite the nationwide protests, Shell Ireland's CEO Andy Pyle tried to play down the widespread support for the men and said: "The fact is that we've gone through a process, and we have five people who don't like the outcome."

[8] In an unusual[citation needed] move by the Irish judiciary, the men were told that a judge would be on hand at any time of day or night if they wanted to purge their contempt, by promising they would no longer hinder Shell employees.

[citation needed] In April 2008, Vincent McGrath, Mícheál Ó Seighin, his wife Caitlín and son-in-law John Monaghan, among a few others, split from Shell to Sea and set up Pobal Chill Chomáin (PCC), a parochial grouping concerned primarily with health and safety issues.