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September 2014

Own Our Oil's Budget 2015 submission calls for: Budget 2015 - Super Capital Gains And Windfall Taxes

By: 
Own Our Oil

[Shell to Sea]  The map linked to in Point 2 is actually created by Shell to Sea and not by the Irish Examiner as suggested on the Own Our Oil site.

1. Super Capital Gains Tax of 66% on the sale of Irish oil and gas licences (and licence options or the sale of the companies holding those assets)

and 

Posted Date: 
25 September 2014

Garda earns almost €3m for special policing operations

By: 
Conor Lally - Irish Times

MCD promotions paid €568,500 for concerts, while Shell paid €158,746

The Garda raised almost €3 million last year by charging sports bodies, event promoters and commercial entities for the policing provided to them.

Posted Date: 
23 September 2014

Energy fuels the economy. We cannot hand our resources over to private companies

By: 
Eddie Hobbes - Sunday Business Post

Eddie's column in the Sunday Business Post calls on newly appointed Minister Alex White to review Ireland's oil and gas strategy:

'Alex White, the new Minister at the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) takes over responsibility for Irish energy policy at a time when the strategic competence of the DCENR may be more important to our lives than the tactical competence of the Department of Finance.

Posted Date: 
9 September 2014

The truth about OSSL allegations

By: 
John Donovan - RoyalDutchShellPLC.com

OSSL, the former Mr Fixit company for Shell EP Ireland, distributed sweeteners (bribes) on behalf of Shell to various parties to ease the tortuously slow progress of the controversial Corrib Gas Project.

The lucky recipients included a senior Irish Police Officer, Detective Chief Superintendent John Gilligan (john.gilligan@garda.ie)

OSSL has now supplied me with evidence confirming that their allegations against Shell are true.

Posted Date: 
2 September 2014

Cormac Lally performs for Love Leitrim at Fleadh

By: 
jamie murphy - YouTube

During the Fleadh Cheoil 2014 in Sligo, Love Leitrim in partnership with Leitrim Tourism Network ran a stand which had lots of information on the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (Fracking) and a variety of antifracking tshirts.

Posted Date: 
2 September 2014