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

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

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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Submission to Oireachtas Committee reviewing oil and gas exploration licensing

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Last month (December 2011) I was invited to make a written submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture, which is reviewing Ireland’s licensing terms for oil and gas exploration. My submission is below. 

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‘A rape of our natural resources’

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

[ This article was first published in Village Magazine on Friday, July 1st, 2005. It appeared beside this article: Sitting on a time-bomb ] By William Hederman In the long-running dispute over Shell’s high-pressure gas pipeline in North Mayo, which … Continue reading →

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