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October 2013

Anto Thistlethwaite and Leo Moran Flyin’ it in Jersey

By: 
Mike Farragher - IrishCentral.com

[Shell to Sea] It seems that some of the Saw Doctors have written a song about the campaign

"Moran sang a number of new and unfamiliar songs, including “Fill Her Up There Mister Oil Man” about a fight between the people of Co. Mayo and the Shell Oil Company. “You’ll never beat the bravery of the people of Mayo/they won’t be bought or bullied and as long as they’re alive/they’ll stand up strong and follow/that famous Rossport Five,” he sings defiantly."

Posted Date: 
22 October 2013
Link: 

http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/off_the_record/anto-thistlethwaite...

On the Horizon - Journey to Lofoten Islands, Norway, 16th Oct 2013

By: 
Risteard Ó Domhnaill

About a year ago a Norwegian fisherman, Bjørnar Nicolaisen, from the breath-taking Lofoten Islands in the north of Norway visited Rossport with his wife. He had seen my doc ‘The Pipe’ and wanted to see for himself what was happening in Ireland and talk to fishermen, especially Pat ‘The Chief’ O’Donnell who almost single-handedly took on the worlds largest pipe-laying ship ‘Solitaire’.

Posted Date: 
20 October 2013
Link: 

http://drillireland.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/journey-to-lofoten-islands-...

Bogs and Booze in Bellanaboy and Belmullet

By: 
Risteard Ó Domhnaill - Village Magazine

Shell and OSSL dispute whether inducements were given to Gardai and named individuals. 

“Shell was using OSSL to win hearts and minds in Mayo to progress the project but suddenly things changed, and tracks needed covering”- Desmond Kane, OSSL

Seventeen years ago this month, the Petrolia drilling rig hit a natural gas field

50 miles off the west coast of Mayo. According to Briain O Cathain, MD of Enterprise Energy, who made the find, “It was one of the biggest well-tests that Enterprise had ever done”. For O Cathain and other Irish people working in oil and gas around the world, it represented great hope that finally they could come home to work in the emerging Irish industry.

O Cathain, now heading the successful oil company, Petroceltic, did not get to see the Corrib project to fruition. Following Shell’s takeover of Enterprise and planning difficulties with Corrib, O Cathain moved on. With hindsight, it was a good move.

Posted Date: 
19 October 2013
Link: 

www.villagemagazine.ie

RTE & Midwest Radio clips about EPA court case

By: 
RTE & Midwest Radio

Below are clips from RTE Radio and Midwest Radio regarding the quashing of Shell's EPA licence:

Posted Date: 
19 October 2013

EPA confirms Shell can still use original Corrib emissions licence

By: 
Lorna Siggins - Irish Times

The Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed that Shell E&P Ireland can fall back on the original emissions licence for the Corrib gas refinery, following this week’s quashing of a modified version of the permit in the Commercial Court.

Posted Date: 
18 October 2013
Link: 

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/epa-confirms-shell-can...

Today at Irish Police Headquarters in Dublin

By: 
John Donovan - RoyalDutchShellPLC.com

Desmond Kane of OSSL at Irish Police Headquarters today, Thursday 17 October 2012… Still campaigning for Shell to pay for alcohol festive gifts (bribes) distributed by OSSL to thirsty Garda officers on Shell’s instructions.

Posted Date: 
18 October 2013
Link: 

http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2013/10/17/today-at-irish-police-headquart...

Shell to Sea tender for oil and gas review

By: 
Mayo Advertiser

Shell to Sea has submitted a tender application to the Department of Energy in response to Minister Pat Rabbitte's call for expert advice to review the generous oil and gas terms that are currently on offer to oil and gas companies.

Posted Date: 
18 October 2013
Link: 

http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/64580/shell-to-sea-tender-for-oil-...

Shell loses licence to operate controversial Mayo gas terminal

By: 
Michelle Hennessy - TheJournal.ie

SHELL HAS LOST a licence to operate a gas terminal at Bellanaboy in Co Mayo after a court challenge by a local resident.

The licence had been issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in June of this year but today the Commercial Court conceded the case brought by Martin Harrington and rescinded the licence.

Harrington had argued that the EPA failed to carry out a proper environmental impact assessment before granting the licence for Shell to operate the Mayo gas refinery and the Commercial Court found there were defects in the carrying out of the assessment.

Posted Date: 
16 October 2013
Link: 

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/shell-gas-terminal-1131400-Oct2013/

Refinery License Removed At Bellanaboy From Shell Corrib Gas Consortium

By: 
Build.ie

Sinn Féin spokesperson on energy and natural resources, Michael Colreavy TD, has welcomed the decision to remove the refinery license at Bellanaboy, Co. Mayo, from the Shell Corrib gas consortium.

The license was removed by the Commercial Court due to a defective environment impact assessment made by the Environmental Protection Authority.

Posted Date: 
16 October 2013
Link: 

http://www.constructionireland.ie/construction_news.asp?newsid=170580

Shell Ireland project suffers legal setback

By: 
Shane Harrison - BBC News

The controversial Shell Corrib gas pipeline project in County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland has suffered a setback.

The Commercial Court in Dublin on Wednesday quashed a revised licence for the gas terminal at Ballinaboy.

Shell Ireland played down the importance of the Commercial Court decision and said it "was studying the ruling".

The project is nine years behind schedule.

Opposed

Work on the final stages of tunnelling remains suspended after the death of a German worker last month.

Posted Date: 
16 October 2013
Link: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24551107