Shell has been raising hell in Mayo following the recent discovery of
reserves of gas and oil along the west coast of Ireland, deposits so
extensive they are said to have the potential to transform Ireland into "a
new Middle East".

The environmental and social impacts of the pipeline and refinery that
Shell has in store for a particular section of the north-west coast,
mostly globally rare and vulnerable blanket bog and machair habitat, are
described in this film by the people who live there, and is set on the
ground in the beautiful region of Erris.

Links are made with the Ogoni peoples' struggle against Shell in the Niger
Delta, where hundreds have been killed to clear the way for the
corporation's designs on the land, and nine leading activists were hung
for their unyielding opposition and organisation in their community. The
film is thus explicit in its depiction of how Shell, as an archetypal
capitalist pioneer, bribes, bullies, parasitises and decimates globally
wherever there is profit to be made from natural resources.

The peoples' resistance in Mayo is detailed by those involved with the
Shell to Sea campaign, the Rossport 5 case, the solidarity camp, and
through the locals' determination to protect their land and cultural
heritage despite the Irish government selling them down the river.