Author Archives: William Hederman

Opinion article in Evening Echo: ‘Ireland will not reap the reward of oil finds’

Posted on May 9, 2013

Below is an an opinion article by me that appeared in the Evening Echo (a daily newspaper published in Cork) on May 1st, about the fact that Ireland has very little control over its oil and gas resources. The article … Continue reading →

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Corrib will pay little or no tax: who is to blame?

Posted on March 8, 2013

If an oil company takes longer than expected to complete an oil or gas extraction project and, as a result of those delays, ends up paying no revenue to the state from whose territory for oil or gas extracted, most … Continue reading →

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Tony O’Reilly Jnr quizzed on BBC’s ‘Today’ programme about Ireland’s bad deal from oil

Posted on October 10, 2012

Providence boss repeats usual myths about Irish oil/gas fields  By William Hederman The BBC appears to be more clued in to the realities of Ireland’s mismanagement of our oil and gas resources than are many people here in Ireland. This … Continue reading →

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‘Dalkey and oil’ – opinion piece on Broadsheet.ie

Posted on October 4, 2012

By William Hederman [Article published on Broadsheet.ie on 4th October 2012] “We’re going to be rich” That was one response on Twitter last night to the news that Providence Resources has been granted a licence to drill for oil less … Continue reading →

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Our oil and gas might as well be off the coast of Brazil for all the good it will do us

Posted on September 10, 2012

Comment piece by William Hederman published in today’s Irish Daily Mail (10 September 2012) The dogs in the street now understand that Ireland’s share of revenue from our oil and gas fields is set to be pitifully small, thanks to … Continue reading →

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Ireland totally unsuited to fracking – Greg Palast

Posted on September 9, 2012

By William Hederman  Ireland is totally unsuited to the process of hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ to extract natural gas, according to the best-selling author of a book on the global oil and gas industry. Greg Palast, a renowned investigative journalist, … Continue reading →

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Why journalists are afraid of covering the Corrib Gas project

Posted on August 25, 2012

By William Hederman This is a paper I presented at the People’s Forum in Inver in north Mayo on July 7th, 2012 On her radio programme a few weeks ago, (Saturday, April 14th, 2012), Marian Finucane interviewed the parents of … Continue reading →

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Article on The Journal.ie about Barryroe discovery and Ireland’s oil and gas

Posted on April 14, 2012

Following the announcement in March 2012 by Providence Resources of a commercially viable oil discovery at the Barryroe field off Co Cork, The Journal.ie (an Irish online newspaper) ran this well-researched article (published 25th March 2012) about the significance of … Continue reading →

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Newstalk item about Providence discovery at Barryroe

Posted on April 14, 2012

Here is a recording of a discussion I was involved in on Newstalk radio on 15th March 2012. The item was about the announcement by Tony O’Reilly’s Providence Resources that it had made Ireland’s first commercially viable discovery of oil … Continue reading →

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Corrib: Shatter’s ‘protest tourists’ are acting in Ireland’s interest

Posted on April 14, 2012

[Article published on Politico.ie on 21 February 2012] As 19 campaigners go on trial in Mayo, William Hederman writes that the expensive policing of the Corrib gas project is facilitating a transfer of resources to private corporations. Those “outsiders” who … Continue reading →

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