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October 2011

Trucks continued to be blockaded in Erris as state admits failure to implement EU Environmental Directives.

The struggle against the Shell experimental raw gas pipeline being imposed on the people of Erris continued this week with Shell to Sea campaigners continuing to blockade peat removal lorries while a court case resuled in the state admitting it failed to correctly bring into law required EU Environmental Directives.  However despite thus the State is still maintaining that the consents given to Shell, including one given by interim Fianna Fáil minister Pat Carey on the day of the last general election, are still valid.

Posted Date: 
31 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.wsm.ie/c/trucks-blockaded-erris-state-environmental-directives

Shell’s profits hit £49m a day

By: 
The Sun

Double a year ago as drivers clobbered

SOARING oil and gas prices have sent profits surging to £49million a day at SHELL.

The energy giant made a whopping £4.5billion over the three months to October — DOUBLE the same period a year ago.

Yesterday's figures come as drivers are being forced off the road by soaring petrol prices as the cost of oil hits record highs.

AA chiefs claim a quarter of motorists are cutting back.

Posted Date: 
31 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/3898838/Shells-profits-h...

Warning issued by Garda watchdog over Corrib tapes

By: 
LORNA SIGGINS, Western Correspondent

THE IRISH Federation of University Teachers has expressed serious concern about a warning of possible prosecution issued to an academic at NUI Maynooth by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.

The warning relates to alleged “obstruction” of the Garda Ombudsman’s continuing inquiry into taped comments made by gardaí after a Corrib gas protest on March 31st last.

Posted Date: 
31 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1031/1224306806661.html

Judicial review last unsettled action by pipeline opponents

By: 
Lorna Siggins - Irish Times

THE HIGH Court judicial review of State consents for the new Corrib gas pipeline route was the last outstanding legal action pursued by environmentalists and residents opposed to the project on health and safety grounds.

An Taisce has described yesterday’s settlement as a “victory”, while lead Corrib gas developer Shell EP Ireland has welcomed the clarity which this settlement . . . “provides for the project”.

Posted Date: 
28 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1028/1224306624098.html

Shell is another country: they do things differently there

By: 
The Guardian

The oil giant handles budgets and projects of a size that would daunt nation states. The difference is that it need answer to no one … and it's running a huge surplus

What European leader would not want to swap places with Shell boss Peter Voser? He has just doubled the company's profits in the third quarter, amassed $30bn (£18.7bn) of cash over the last nine months and is now buying back shares at the rate of $800m every three months for want to anything better to do with the money.

Posted Date: 
28 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/oct/27/shell-is-another-cou...

News Release - Another deal behind closed doors betrays people of Erris

News release - Issued by Shell to Sea - Thursday, October 27th, 2011

 

ANOTHER DEAL BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BETRAYS PEOPLE OF ERRIS

-- Withdrawal of An Taisce case against government sparks anger in community --

The State has admitted it failed to correctly bring into law required EU Environmental Directives. The admission was made today in the Commercial Court, in a case in which An Taisce withdrew its legal challenge to the validity of consents for the Corrib Gas project.

Despite this, the State is still maintaining that the consents given to Shell, including one given by interim Fianna Fáil minister Pat Carey on the day of the last general election, are still valid.

Shell to Sea spokesperson Terence Conway said: “If the state isn't going to carry out its moral duty to protect the people of Erris, then it falls on the ordinary people of Ireland to stand up for themselves. It's all very well being vindicated but we're still left fighting this monument to political corruption. This is just the latest deal in the whole Corrib project done behind closed doors that ends up betraying a local community which has been fighting this unwanted development for over ten years.”

“Corrib settlement a means to ensure better Environmental Law – An Taisce”

By: 
Press Release - An Taisce

Better Environmental Law is a critical objective for An Taisce to ensure that what happened with the Corrib project can never happen againToday, An Taisce accepted the State’s offer to settle the Judicial Reviews of the various permissions given this year in regard to the Corrib Gas Development project.  The State acknowledged that certain aspects of the EU Environmental Impact A

Posted Date: 
27 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.antaisce.org

Corrib legal challenges settled

By: 
Mary Carolan - Irish Times

Legal actions brought by An Taisce and others over the manner in which consents were granted for the Corrib gas project have been settled and withdrawn at the High Court after an eleven day hearing. The costs of the actions are expected to exceed €1 million.

The settlements include an agreement by the State to properly transpose aspects of the European Environmental Impact Assessment Directive by the end of this year.

Posted Date: 
27 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1027/breaking40.html

Providence May Bring Irish Oil Ashore by 2013, CEO O’Reilly Says

By: 
Finbarr Flynn - Bloomberg

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Providence Resources Plc, a Dublin- based energy explorer, may bring Celtic Sea crude ashore by 2013 as it seeks to make the first profitable Irish oilfield, said Chief Executive Officer Tony O’Reilly.

Posted Date: 
27 October 2011
Link: 

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-27/providence-may-bring-irish-o...