Author Archives: William Hederman

Rabbitte asks oil industry whether licensing terms are too generous to oil industry

Posted on March 11, 2014 by William Hederman

Minister dictates what consultants’ findings should be: that things are fine the way they are Last week Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte named the company chosen to carry out a “fitness-for-purpose” review of Ireland’s infamous licensing terms … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland's management of its oil and gas, State 'take', Uncategorized | Tagged Corrib gas project, DCENR, Irish natural resources, Irish oil and gas giveaway, Pat Rabbitte, Petroleum Affairs Division, Royalties on gas, William Hederman | Leave a comment

Gardaí, GSOC, ‘whistleblower reprisal’, Corrib Gas and the ‘rape tape’

Posted on February 27, 2014 by William Hederman

Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe’s first contact with a TD came about because he saw Clare Daly TD on ‘Tonight with Vincent Browne’ talking about policing of Corrib Gas protests, writes William Hederman The repercussions for Garda whistleblowers Maurice McCabe and … Continue reading →

Posted in Corrib Gas project, Media coverage | Tagged Corrib gas project, Corrib policing, Garda Ombudsman, GSOC, Jim Cusack, John Wilson, Maurice McCabe, News of the World, Village Magazine, Whistleblower, Whistleblowers | 3 Comments

The day Pat Kenny called me a Luddite: RTÉ radio debate about Ireland’s oil and gas

Posted on August 16, 2013 by William Hederman

I was a guest on the Today with Pat Kenny radio show on May 28th, 2013, to discuss Ireland’s management (or mismanagement) of its oil and gas resources. I was debating against David Horgan, MD of Irish exploration company Petrel … Continue reading →

Posted in Corrib Gas project, Fracking, Ireland's management of its oil and gas | Tagged Corrib gas project, Dalkey Prospect, Fracking, Irish oil and gas giveaway, Providence Resources, RTE, William Hederman | Leave a comment

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

Posted on May 9, 2013 by William Hederman

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 →

Posted in Ireland's management of its oil and gas, Media coverage, Security of supply, State 'take' | Tagged Barryroe, Barryroe oil field, Irish natural resources, Irish oil and gas giveaway, Pat Rabbitte, Providence Resources | Leave a comment

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

Posted on March 8, 2013 by William Hederman

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 →

Posted in Corrib Gas project, Ireland's management of its oil and gas, State 'take' | Tagged Brian O'Cathain, Corrib gas project, Irish natural resources, Mayo gas, Shell, William Hederman | 2 Comments

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

Posted on October 10, 2012 by William Hederman

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 →

Posted in Ireland's management of its oil and gas, Media coverage, Security of supply | Tagged Barryroe, Barryroe oil field, Dalkey Prospect, Providence Resources, Tony O'Reilly, Tony O'Reilly Jnr | 7 Comments

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

Posted on October 4, 2012 by William Hederman

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 →

Posted in Ireland's management of its oil and gas, Media coverage, Security of supply, State 'take' | Tagged Dalkey Prospect, Irish natural resources, Irish oil and gas giveaway, Providence Resources, security of supply | 1 Comment

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 by William Hederman

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 →

Posted in Ireland's management of its oil and gas, Security of supply, State 'take' | Tagged Barryroe, Barryroe oil field, Irish natural resources, Irish oil and gas giveaway, Pat Rabbitte, security of supply, Shell to sea | 1 Comment

Ireland totally unsuited to fracking – Greg Palast

Posted on September 9, 2012 by William Hederman

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 →

Posted in Books, Fracking | Tagged Environment, EPA, Fracking, Greg Palast, irish gas, Palast, Tamboran | 3 Comments

Why journalists are afraid of covering the Corrib Gas project

Posted on August 25, 2012 by William Hederman

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 →

Posted in Corrib Gas project, Media coverage, Uncategorized | Tagged Corrib gas project, Flat Earth News, Garda Press Office, IRMS, Marian Finucane, Media, Michael Dwyer, Nick Davies, Paul Williams, RTE, Shell, Shell to sea, Willie Corduff | 3 Comments