New Events

International

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Debunked: Another American Covid Vaccine Study Torn to Shreds Sat Aug 30, 2025 17:00 | Dr Raphael Lataster
Another dubious Covid vaccine study bites the dust, says Dr Raphael Lataster, as he summarises his latest debunking piece as published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.
The post Debunked: Another American Covid Vaccine Study Torn to Shreds appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Parties in Cologne Elections Agree to Speak of Migrants Only in Positive Terms, as German Political ... Sat Aug 30, 2025 15:00 | Eugyppius
Parties in the upcoming Cologne elections have agreed to speak of migrants only in positive terms, as German political dumbassery plumbs new depths by ceding the defining issue of the age to the AfD, says Eugyppius.
The post Parties in Cologne Elections Agree to Speak of Migrants Only in Positive Terms, as German Political Dumbassery Plumbs New Depths appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Angela Rayner Dodges ?40,000 Stamp Duty Sat Aug 30, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Angela Rayner saved ?40,000 in stamp duty on her new seaside flat after telling tax authorities it was her main home, despite telling the local council in Manchester that her house there is her primary residence.
The post Angela Rayner Dodges ?40,000 Stamp Duty appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Do We Really Want a Digital Bill of Rights? Sat Aug 30, 2025 11:00 | Anonymous IT Reporter
A Digital Bill of Rights may sound appealing. But think about it for a moment. More poorly thought-through rights will just mean more vexatious, activist Lefty lawyers, says the Daily Sceptic's IT reporter.
The post Do We Really Want a Digital Bill of Rights? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Court of Appeal?s Decision to Keep Epping?s Migrant Hotel Open Has Made Civil Disorder More Like... Sat Aug 30, 2025 09:00 | Dr David McGrogan
The Court of Appeal's decision to keep Epping's migrant hotel open hinged in part on wanting to avoid violent protests. But in truth it's made civil disorder more likely, not less, says Dr David McGrogan.
The post The Court of Appeal’s Decision to Keep Epping’s Migrant Hotel Open Has Made Civil Disorder More Likely, Not Less appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Shell to Sea encourages people to enter Statoil competition

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Monday February 28, 2011 19:48author by AC - Shell to Sea Report this post to the editors

Tell Statoil what you think of the Corrib Gas Project - in public

Norwegian energy giant Statoil, with New Scientist Magazine, has launched a competition to ‘win a trip to the high Arctic and the deep sea’. Specifically, the lucky winner will have the opportunity to fly to the 472-metre-high Troll gas platform in the North Sea.

All you have to do to enter, is to tell Statoil ‘which engineering project you think will have the greatest impact on human life in the next 30 years, and why,’ in no more than 100 words.

Shell to Sea believes that the engineering project which will have the greatest impact on human life in the Rossport area, and on the national life of Ireland, for decades to come is Corrib Gas Project. Not only has community life been irreversibly damaged, but the damage done to the body politic of the state by bribery, collusion, moral cowardice, and silence, at so many levels in Official Ireland, is as yet incalculable.

Nevertheless, Shell to Sea is always keen to encourage people to make their views known to Shell and Statoil, the main partners in the Corrib Gas Project, and with that in mind, encourages everyone to enter this competition. To make it easier, we have offered two sample entries, weighing in at exactly 100 words each. But enter soon, the competition closes at midnight on Tuesday 1st March 2011! Entries can be submitted at http://www.newscientist.com/engineeringgreats/competition. If you make it to Troll, we can supply you with a Shell to Sea banner to unfurl from its 472-metre summit! They publish all entries, at least until the moderator catches up with them. We got a few entries up which stayed up over the weekend, although the vigilant moderators have taken them down since! So put 'em up in the evening! There are entries coming in from all over the world, throughout the day and night.

In no more that 100 words tell us which engineering project you think will have the greatest impact on human life in the next 30 years, and why?

1. The Corrib Gas Project in the West of Ireland, of which Statoil is a 37% shareholder. Why? Because bullying, intimidation, and bribery from Shell and Statoil has already altered the lives of local residents irreversibly. Politicians, bribed to give the gas away, also subverted the planning process at the behest of Statoil and Shell. Now it’s revealed that the huge refinery is a ‘bridge-head’ for landing the €540,000,000,000 in oil and gas beyond Corrib over the coming decades. Due to a law change by a corrupted politician, Statoil and Shell own 100% of this gas while Ireland faces poverty.

2. Shell and Statoil’s Corrib Gas Project. For the following reasons: Theft of public resources; unquantifiable safety and health risks; corrupting of planning process, politics, courts and police; environmental degradation; trauma to protestors; physical injury; long-term judicial punishment of protestors and their families; panic attacks, sleeplessness, shattered assumptions, difficulty concentrating, headaches, backaches, irritability, endless tasks to be done, unprecedented stress, overwhelming exhaustion, endless waiting, shock, depression, nightmares, burnout, lack of appetite, stomach pain, nausea, rage, regret, helplessness, hopelessness, feeling numb, inner pain, muscle tension, flashbacks, fatigue, fear, self doubt, loss of trust in institutions, lack of faith in the future...

Related Link: http://www.newscientist.com/engineeringgreats/competition
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy