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Tag Archives: Corrib gas project
Rabbitte asks oil industry whether licensing terms are too generous to oil industry
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
Gardaí, GSOC, ‘whistleblower reprisal’, Corrib Gas and the ‘rape tape’
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
The day Pat Kenny called me a Luddite: RTÉ radio debate about Ireland’s oil and gas
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
Corrib will pay little or no tax: who is to blame?
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
Why journalists are afraid of covering the Corrib Gas project
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
Last night’s Frontline and the tax take from Corrib
By William Hederman. On RTÉ’s Frontline last night, I raised the question of the very low projected tax take from the Corrib Gas project. This issue is sometimes misunderstood. An example comes in this comment sent to me today by one of the … Continue reading
Frontline programme covering natural resources issue this evening
If you are watching Frontline on RTE television this evening (Monday 6th January, 2011) and are visiting IrishOilandGas.com for the first time: welcome. Your best place to start is the top two articles in the Articles section. Some of this information … Continue reading
Posted in Media coverage, Security of supply, State 'take'
Tagged Corrib gas project, Fracking, Frontline, RTE
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Submission to Oireachtas Committee reviewing oil and gas exploration licensing
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.
Posted in Gas prices, Media coverage, Security of supply, State 'take'
Tagged Brian O'Cathain, Corrib gas project, DCENR, Irish natural resources, Irish oil and gas giveaway, Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture, Pat Rabbitte, Petroleum Affairs Division, Royalties on gas, security of supply, William Hederman
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Who is to blame for RTÉ’s false claim that the ‘rape tape’ was ‘tampered with’?
By William Hederman Just before its main evening television news programmes this evening (December 7th, 2011), RTÉ will broadcast what campaigners are calling an “apology” for its coverage of the so-called “rape tape” saga. RTÉ have pointed out that it … Continue reading
Posted in Corrib Gas project, Media coverage
Tagged Corrib gas project, Corrib policing, Garda Ombudsman, Jim Cusack, Mayo, Paul Reynolds, RTE, William Hederman
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Sunday Independent article about Corrib protesters was ‘significantly misleading’, Press Ombudsman finds
The Press Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against the Sunday Independent over an article by Jim Cusack about the women at the centre of the Corrib Garda “rape” recording. He has found that the article was “significantly misleading” and that it … Continue reading
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