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Corrib Pipeline
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Tuesday November 03, 2009 22:23 by Ed Moran
Bord Pleanala Decision Today’s publication of An Bord Pleanala’s ruling (4 page statement) amounts to a rejection of the Corrib Pipeline application. Today’s publication of An Bord Pleanala’s ruling (4 page statement) amounts to a rejection of the Corrib Pipeline application. So stark are its findings that they amount to an outright refusal. But for diplomatic reasons they are couched in convoluted wording which requires close reading. As the Board acknowledges, the project is part of the government’s overall strategic (energy) policy so, instead of issuing an unqualified refusal, a back door is opened for what effectively should be a new ab initio ('from the beginning') application. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Shell's spokespeople have gone very quiet. Has anyone heard anything from Leeson Street since the ABP statement was released?
ab initio
1. (law) Refers to the time from when a legal document comes into force.
2. (sciences) Refers to calculations from first principles, that is from basic laws without any further additional assumptions.
3. university Refers to a course taken with no prior qualifications.
During the trades' union Big Demo in Galway today somebody asked me about this song and could they play it. Yes, of course, do what you want with it. I hold no claims for it being of any great shakes song-wise, but it was my personal response and the more people sing it maybe the better.
Nice to know that Fianna Fáil have looked after even the criminal element in their Party. Ray Burke, who spent over four months in jail for tax evasion, sentenced in Dublin Circuit Court Criminal Court in 2005, and who was also instrumental in selling off our oil and gas rights, received a total of €31,600 over the last half-dozen years in pension top-ups; these include an Oireachtas pension and a ministerial pension, bringing last year's take to €109,865 (Irish Independent - November 9th.) Known as 'Rambo' in his hey-day, Burke was found by the Flood Tribunal to have received corrupt payments from property developers and other 'business interests' in the 'Seventies and 'Eighties. An Oireachtas spokesman has said that there are 'no specific provisions' in place to stop a TD or senator receiving an Oireachtas pension while doing prison time! This from a government who intend to slash welfare benefits and tax childrens' allowances - and this gift to a convicted criminal who created the Rossport fiasco in the first place. If ever there was a reason never in any circumstances to vote for this crew, here's one.