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April 2014

Ed Vulliamy speaking about Corrib on Tonight with Vincent Browne

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Tonight with Vincent Browne

Ed Vulliamy speaking powerfully on Tonight with Vincent Browne about Corrib, the Garda Booze and the nexus between the corporations, State and media that has tried to silence peoples' concerns.

It starts 29mins into the show.

Posted Date: 
5 April 2014
Link: 

http://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/41/78201/1/Tonight-with-Vincent-Browne

Shell 'should face possible penalties over Kulluk oil rig grounding'

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Andrew Trotman - The Telegraph

Report by US Coast Guard blames poor risk assessment and management for grounding of rig in Gulf of Alaska in 2012

A US Coast Guard report has concluded that authorities should consider hitting Shell with penalties over the grounding of an oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Alaska in 2012.

Posted Date: 
5 April 2014
Link: 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/1074369...

Alan Shatter rejects Corrib policing probe

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Gordon Deegan - Irish Examiner

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has rejected fresh calls for an independent inquiry into the Garda policing operation of the €3.4bn Shell Corrib gas project in north Co Mayo.

Last week, South African archbishop Desmond Tutu and former UN assistant secretary general Denis Halliday called for an “urgent and comprehensive” independent inquiry into the policing of the Corrib gas project.

They were among a group of signatories supporting the call by peace and justice group Afri.

Posted Date: 
4 April 2014
Link: 

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/alan-shatter-rejects-corrib-policin...

#firstWedsDebates: Who Should Control Our Natural Resources?

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Comhlámh
  •  Wednesday, April 2    at 7:00pm
  • The Twisted Pepper - 54 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin, Ireland

 

Posted Date: 
1 April 2014
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https://www.facebook.com/events/379724005499226/?ref=22

Concerns about Corrib bugging must be re-examined – Cowley

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Áine Ryan - Mayo News

A former TD complained seven years ago to then Minister for Justice Michael McDowell about his phone being bugged because he supported the Corrib gas campaign. Speaking to The Mayo News last night (Monday), he said that in light of recent developments in relation to calls being recorded in garda stations, now is the time for the Gardaí to answer questions about any undercover operations that might have been connected to the Corrib controversy in Erris.

Posted Date: 
1 April 2014
Link: 

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1965...