"The Government have clearly sent the message to Shell, ‘you can do whatever you want’. Fortunately due to protest, the refinery remains unconnected to the gas field. If, as Shell planned, gas had been flowing by now, we would potentially all be dealing with a gas leak and explosion.”
Jobs Minister Richard Bruton has claimed that efforts to rescue a Shell truck stuck at Glenamoy crossroads in Co Mayo could create up to 13,000 jobs.
“As well as rescuing the truck, there will have to be several investigations into why it happened. We will need a new, bigger, better road,” Mr Bruton said excitedly.
“While that is being built we can turn the truck and the giant tunnel boring machine it was carrying into a tourist attraction. We’d need an interpretive centre, cafes and souvenir shops… that’s at least 13,000 jobs.”
“Governments do not create jobs,” Mr Bruton said. “But with roads like the L1203 and R312 we do create the conditions in which companies like Shell can create jobs.”
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Cartoon from the Irish News
Posted Date:
4 August 2012