March 2011

Economic and scientific elites are prey to delusions that the unlikely will not happen. The rest of us pick up the pieces when it does, writtes FINTAN O'TOOLE 

THERE IS a reason why the ancient Greek tragedies from 2,500 years ago are performed so regularly now. Their basic story is that of hubris and nemesis, of what happens to a man who steps over the bounds of what is proper. The universe restores its balance by destroying him.

This morning, Shell workers were successfully prevented from carrying out survey work at the Glengad site.

Listen Pat O Donnell and Risteard O Domhnaill speak on WBAI, New York Radio on a St Patrick's Day special.  There's about a 30 minute interview with the two.

How is it that this isn't being discussed like this on Irish radio and instead is on New York radio?

You can listen to it here: http://archive.wbai.org/

Look for the St. Patricks Day Programme (Thursday March 17 1:00pm)  it starts 35 minutes  into this show.

Ireland’s oil and gas deposits could make us rich, but finding them is hard, extracting the stuff is tricky and as for making money . . . don’t hold your breath, writes RONAN McGREEVY 

FOUR YEARS AGO the Department of Natural Resources published Atlantic Ireland: An Exciting Petroleum Province , a report about the potential for fossil fuels in Ireland’s territorial waters.