Submissions to An Bord Pleanala

Here are some of the submissions that were submitted to Bord Pleanala in the oral hearing that ran from the 24th of August to the 1st of October.

We hope to recieve more of submissions shortly.  If you presented submissions to the oral hearing and would like to see them put up then please email it to mayoshelltosea@gmail.com

 

It's Bailout Time....Everybody

By: 
Ciaran McCarthy - Editorial Sligo Today

Bailout fever is breaking out all over the country and it looks as though the Government, despite denials will be joining the club, sooner rather than later. The pressure must becoming unbearable for Cowen et al as the Eurocrats are trying to stuff billions into their pockets to protect the Union and the Euro. He'll have to accept the 'bailout' soon

Perhaps the Government, in it's infinite wisdom, should consider another 'bailout'. As the politicians, like a river, love to take the path of easiest resistance, they could keep all the bondholders happy, keep the European Central Bank happy, keep the International Monetary Fund happy, refuse to renege on any of the country's debts, keep the nation itself happy. Instead of annoying all these international heavyweights they should just 'stitch up' one. Shell.

Link: 

http://sligotoday.ie/editorial.php?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=4...

How the State deserted its people and resources

By: 
James Laffey - Western People

A new book on the Corrib Gas project exposes a litany of failures on the part of the State, writes James Laffey.

Once Upon A Time In The West

‘LIGHT touch’ regulation is to blame for all our current woes. Or so we are told. Each day politicians from all sides of the Dáil divide queue up on the plinth at Leinster House to assure us that it’s the ‘wild west’-style practices of the country’s bankers and regulators that have brought us to this sorry pass.

“We trusted the bankers, we trusted the regulator!” they plaintively lament, the import of their message being that firm and decisive action would have been taken if only someone had told them what was going on. Methinks differently. And here’s why.

Link: 

http://www.westernpeople.ie/news/story/?trs=eyqlgbaugb

Gas valued at €420 billion off the west coast of Ireland, while Fianna Fáil speeds us towards the IMF

By: 
Conor McCabe - Dublin Opinion

Just a quick post to highlight the Shell to Sea factsheet, that there is €420 billion worth of natural gas of the coast of Ireland - all of which has been given for free to Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil, Exxon Mobil.

 

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Link: 

http://dublinopinion.com/2010/10/30/e420-billion-of-gas-off-the-west-coa...

Shell profits rise by 18% - [Ireland's didn't]

By: 
Tim Webb - The Guardian

Shell profits rise by 18% - [Ireland's didn't]

 

Quote on the Jim Larkin statue:"The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise.”

Oil company's quarterly earnings hit $3.5bn, exceeding expectations, as new oil sands facility comes on line

Shell's profits rose by almost a fifth in the last three months on the back of higher production and oil and gas prices.

The oil company said that it had also approved two new major projects, including one deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico, which will further boost production in the future.

Link: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/28/shell-profits-rise-18-per...

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