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Tue 06 Jun 2008The real fight has always been to achieve social
justice
The big problem with Lisbon, and the reason it is so boring, is that it is about process, not politics, writes Fintan O'Toole.
LAST WEEK, a delegation of local people from north Mayo, opposed to the Shell-led Corrib gas project, travelled to Brussels. They did not travel to Brussels to protest, however, but to meet the petitions committee of the European Parliament and the head of the environmental directorate of the EU Commission. They were arguing that the Corrib development breaches key EU directives on habitats, environmental assessment, water protection and public consultation.
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