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December 2015

Minister White's Christmas Message to the People of Mayo & the High Court

By: 
Shelver - Indymedia

White gives High Court the two-fingered salute

White uses Christmas to sign off on Corrib gas despite pending judicial review of EPA licence.

 Minister White's Christmas message to the High Court & the people of Mayo


Minister White's Christmas message to the High Court & the people of Mayo

Posted Date: 
31 December 2015
Link: 

www.indymedia.ie/article/105647

Press Release: Desperate measures for a desperate Corrib project

--  Minister White slips consent to Shell during Christmas period --



Shell to Sea have called the granting by Alex White of consent to operate the Corrib Gas pipeline - desperate and disgraceful. Permission was granted despite Shell's EPA consent to operate the Corrib Gas refinery currently being admitted for hearing before the High Court. [1]
Shell to Sea is of the view that Shell possibly had contractual obligations which required that Corrib gas flow before end 2015 so they once again snapped their fingers at government to do the needful - in this instance the government of 'law and order' has shown itself no different to Fianna Fáil.

Spokesperson Terence Conway stated "Over the years campaigners have been constantly lectured by politicians about the need to respect the laws of the land and courts, but again with Corrib we are seeing there is one law for them; another law for us."

Natural gas begins flowing from controversial Corrib field

By: 
Peter Murtagh - Irish Times

Projected €2.4bn overrun to be written off against profits - with taxpayer loss of €600m

Natural gas is flowing into the national supply grid from the Corrib gas field off Co Mayo for the first time since it was discovered in 1996.

Posted Date: 
30 December 2015
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/natural-gas-begins-flo...

First gas flows from Shell terminal as protest group calls action ‘disgraceful’

By: 
Cormac Fitzgerald - TheJournal.ie

GAS HAS BEGUN to flow through the controversial Corrib gas line off the west coast, with protest groups calling the development “desperate and disgraceful”.

The Shell to Sea protest group, which has been strongly opposed to the development, said that Minister Alex White was wrong to give final permission yesterday for the pipeline to operate between the gas subsea facilities and the terminal at Bellanaboy, Co Mayo.

Posted Date: 
30 December 2015
Link: 

http://www.thejournal.ie/gas-flows-from-shell-terminal-protest-group-cal...

Gas expected to flow from Corrib field after final consent issued

By: 
Lorna Siggins - Irish Times

Approval given by Minister for Energy Alex White is subject to 20 conditions

 

Gas is expected to flow from the Corrib field off the Mayo coast in the coming days, after final approval for the project was issued by Minister for Energy Alex White.

Posted Date: 
30 December 2015
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/gas-expected-to-flow-f...

Final go-ahead given for Corrib gas line to operate

By: 
Cormac Fitzgerald - TheJournal.ie

FINAL CONSENT HAS been given today to allow the for the operation of the Corrib gas pipeline off the coast of Mayo.

The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White, today gave permission for the pipeline to operate between the gas subsea facilities and the terminal at Bellanaboy, Co Mayo.

The minister gave the consent subject to the fulfilling of 20 conditions relating to environmental management, operation, control and monitoring.

It is expected that the first gas could be brought onshore as early as tomorrow.

Posted Date: 
30 December 2015
Link: 

http://www.thejournal.ie/final-go-ahead-given-controversial-gas-line-to-...

Concern over Shell gas flow delay

By: 
Connaught Telegraph

A MAYO TD has expressed concern over the delay in issuing the final regulatory approval to Shell E&P Ireland that will enable the company to start producing gas from the Corrib Gas Field in north Mayo.

Deputy Michelle Mulherin said it is the interest of the State to have gas flowing and she called on Energy Minister Alex White to ensure the assessment process be given additional resources and expedited.

Posted Date: 
27 December 2015
Link: 

http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2015/12/26/4111754-con...

Vermilion Energy - Still Solid And Diversified, But Corrib Is In Court (Again)

By: 
Seeking Alpha

[Shell to Sea] In the final sentence in the article on Corrib this investor article illustrates some of the giveaway deal on Corrib: "At the moment it could be a full seven years before royalties are to be paid, which will significantly benefit the producers."

Summary

Unlike predominantly North American producers, Vermilion is being helped EU gas pricing and by Brent.

The company will cut its capex from $485 million (2015) to $350 million (2016).

Posted Date: 
15 December 2015
Link: 

http://seekingalpha.com/article/3754506-vermilion-energy-still-solid-and...

Environment and social justice go hand in hand

By: 
Valerie Robinson - The Irish News

For 40 years Afri has been working to fight injustices that link communities across the world

Environment and social justice go hand in hand

Afri is warning that scenes like this in Strabane, Co Tyrone area after Storm Desmond, will become more common if government leaders fail to tackle climate change. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin

Posted Date: 
13 December 2015
Link: 

http://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2015/12/12/news/social-justice-and-en...

Glór Na hAoise –Triple CD of music and words inspired by Shell to Sea

By: 
Charlie McBride - Galway Advertiser

Albums features Damien Dempsey, John Spillane, Leo moran, and Frances Black

OVER THE past decade the Shell To Sea protest campaign against the Corrib Gas project in North Mayo has not only made headlines in Ireland but around the world. In that time numerous artists - musicians, authors and poets - have lent their support to the campaign with an array of songs and writings that tell the stories of the issues and personalities involved with great eloquence and power.

Glór na hAoise is a newly released triple-CD which brings together for the first time all the music and poetry created in solidarity with the people of north Mayo and charting the story of a grassroots campaign and a global oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell. Artists such as John Spillane, Jinx Lennon and John Hoban sketch the scenario which unfolded as local people asked for their concerns to be addressed but were met first with spin and slander and later with the baton, the jackboot, and the prison cell.

Posted Date: 
12 December 2015