The Irish Times – Three articles, all published on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Camcorder strangest of Corrib incidents LORNA SIGGINS ANALYSIS : THE Corrib gas controversy has been marked by flashpoints, but none more extraordinary than that which occurred on March 31st of last year. On that date, NUI Maynooth postgraduate student Jerrie Ann Sullivan was [...]
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North Sea gas leak vindicates locals’ fears
7 April 2012 – As the gas leak at the Elgin platform in the North Sea enters its thirteen day, Mayo residents again highlight the dangers of locating a raw gas pipeline in their community. – Total oil’s Elgin platform in the North Sea has now been leaking gas for thirteen days, with the platform [...]
Why the Corrib gas Field is not going to make Ireland rich
The prospect of ever-rising gas prices has greatly enhanced the value of the Corrib gas field off the Mayo coast. The latest estimate is that it will contribute some 6bn to the countrys GDP over its lifetime. Four years ago, the same consultants estimated the likely contribution to be 3bn. There might be cause for celebration if that the extra 3bn was going to flow into our economy. But very little of it will.
Corrib gas protester complains after being threatened with pepper spray
The Irish Times – Saturday, March 3, 2012 Corrib gas protester complains after being threatened with pepper spray LORNA SIGGINS, Western Correspondent AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Ireland has expressed concern over an incident in north Mayo where a critic of the Corrib gas project had his car window broken and was threatened with pepper spray at a [...]
Shell says Corrib to provide 60% of gas needs
Monday, 13 February 2012 The partnership behind the Corrib Gas project is to invest another 800m to bring it to completion between now and late 2014. Shell E&P Ireland claims the investment will sustain 700 direct jobs and 750 indirect jobs in that period. It says when complete the project will supply 60% of Ireland’s [...]
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST: The Corrib Gas controversy
EXTRACTS FROM “ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST” BY LORNA SIGGINS FROM THE FOREWORD (BY FINTAN O’TOOLE) Though theoretically citizens in a liberal democracy, those who have stood in the way of the exploitation of the Corrib gas field by a consortium led by Shell found themselves with very little protection from their own [...]
Shell puts extra 90m into Irish subsidiary
The Irish Times – Monday, January 23, 2012 GORDON DEEGAN OIL AND GAS multinational Shell has injected 90 million into its Irish subsidiary to deal with the spiralling costs of the Corrib gas field project. Documents filed with the Companies Registration Office show that the global group has pumped the extra money into Shell Ireland. [...]
Heart of darkness at Royal Dutch Shell
The “Rossport Five” were jailed at the specific request of the company, which had obtained compulsory purchase orders for the land in question – the first time in Irish history that such an order was granted to a private company. The five will remain in jail until they undertake not to obstruct the company. (SHELL) [...]
CORRIB GAS PROJECT WARNING TO SHELL FROM IRISH GOVERNMENT
Irish President Michael D Higgins and author Lorna Siggins at the launch of “Once Upon A Time in the West: The Corrib Gas Controversy.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne By John Donovan Michael Crothers, a Shell veteran, has recently taken over as the new managing director of the Corrib Gas Project in Ireland, a project mired in [...]
RTÉ report on Corrib tape breached ‘fairness’
LORNA SIGGINS, Western Correspondent THE BROADCASTING Authority of Ireland has upheld complaints about RTÉ televisions reporting of an investigation by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission into the Corrib tape controversy. The authority found two RTÉ television news broadcasts on July 28th, 2011, on the findings of the interim Garda ombudsman report, were in breach of [...]
Corrib Irelands Last Offshore Development for a Generation
Printed below is an article by Tony Allwright, a retired Irish Shell EP manager. (SOURCE ARTICLE) 26 November 2011 Protests overwhelmingly unfounded and politically unchallenged have trebled the cost of developing Irelands offshore Corrib gasfield. This huge political risk will deter further such investments for a generation. Many years ago, in the late 1970s [...]
‘The Pipe’ Norwegian premiere
The project is currently 10 years behind schedule, projected costs have risen from $800 million to $2.5billion, Statoil has had to sell off its retail outlets in Ireland because of the damage to its reputation and internationally the reputation of Statoil has suffered due to its partnership in the Corrib field. CORRIB GAS PROJECT The [...]
Corrib gas objectors denied entry to hearing
Corrib gas objectors denied entry to Oireachtas hearing The Irish Times – Wednesday, September 28, 2011 PAUL CULLEN SECURITY STAFF at the Houses of the Oireachtas yesterday refused entry to a group of opponents of the Corrib gas terminal who had travelled from Co Mayo to attend an Oireachtas committee. The group of 15 Shell [...]
Corrib Gas Project may grind to a halt?
We hear from our sources “Strong rumours here in Erris, Co Mayo (beside Corrib gas development) that the project will grind to a halt following an up-and-coming court case involving a local contractor, Shell and the local police force (Garda). The word is that the CEO and others are heading for the exit over this [...]
MEP lodges complaint over Corrib protest with Garda ombudsman
As well as an investigation of his complaint, Mr Murphy said a public inquiry should be held into the entire policing operation around the Shell project and the working relationship between Shells private security contractors and the Garda. CONOR LALLY, Crime Correspondent DUBLIN SOCIALIST Party MEP Paul Murphy has lodged a formal complaint with the [...]
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