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Fri 09 Sep 2007Five arrested over protest at Shell refineryFive people were arrested today after around 50 protesters occupied Shell's proposed Corrib gas refinery at Bellanaboy in Co Mayo.Up to 300 supporters of the Shell to Sea campaign began gathering outside the site from early this morning. A large number of them later scaled the gates of the complex.