Unesco Probing Star Wars Filming In Ireland

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 31, 2014 @02:10AM from the but-midichlorians-are-totally-safe dept.

First time accepted submitter wijnands (874114) writes Star Wars crews have started filming on the small Irish Island of Skellig Michael. This island, listed as a Unesco world heritage site, features the remains of a 6th century monastery as well as breeding populations of puffins, manx shearwaters, storm petrels, guillemots and kittiwakes. Currently the Irish navy has deployed one vessel to maintain a two-mile exclusion zone around the island. Unesco is now concerned about what is going on the island, which is only visited 13 times a year by tourist groups, and has asked the Irish government for an explanation.

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The young Empire is flexing tentatively by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2014-07-31 02:26 · Score: -1, Troll

> "Unesco is now concerned"
Who cares what those gigantic cow-sheep-tick thingies think?

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Re:Today I Learnt that... by NotDrWho · 2014-07-31 03:06 · Score: -1, Troll

I just thank god that UNESCO is looking out for our precious guillemots and kittiwakes, and in no way just seeking publicity for themselves.

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Re:Who owns the island? by Richy_T · 2014-07-31 04:06 · Score: 0, Troll

Statists are uncivilized barbarians who feel their ideas are so good, they must be applied by force.