Company fined €300,000 over death of worker at Corrib gas tunnel
He received fatal head injuries when a pipe he was working under collapsed on top of him.
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He received fatal head injuries when a pipe he was working under collapsed on top of him.
The prosecution was brought by the Environmental Protection Agency following complaints from locals.
Minister Alex White gave the confirmation today.
The controversial pipeline will meet almost half of the country’s gas needs in 2015 and 2016.
Tests at the plant are expected to continue until early next year.
The call comes after allegations last year from a subcontractor that Shell bribed local residents and gardaí.
The maker of the acclaimed documentary The Pipe is appealing for help in finishing his newest film.
The Irish media has failed to properly report on the local community’s resistance to Shell in Mayo. The reason? Journalism has fewer and fewer resources to filter the truth from the propaganda, Harry Browne writes.
The figure, not including the salaries of gardaí at the protests in North Mayo, was disclosed by Alan Shatter in the Dáil yesterday.
Minister Pat Rabbitte said the representative did not require access to the tunnel to complete the task he was sent to do, which was not health and safety related.
Shell said it welcomes the news of an investigation, and that it will co-operate fully.
The court found that there was a defect in the carrying out of the environmental impact assessment.
Junior miniser Fergus O’Dowd has said that the state should provide an environment that encourages companies to take the risks involved in exploration.
UK-based company Enegi will now apply to the government for an exploration license before the end of February next year.
Margaret Sekaggya said there is “tangible frustration amongst local residents who are standing up for their rights”.
Mayo County Council is working with contractors to create an emergency road widening at the crossroads.
Companies engaged in any potential fracking will face stiff penalties including jail if they do not comply with regulations.
Garda Ombdusman report’s transcription of the words used by gardai in relation to female protestors.
The final report into remarks by gardaí about one of the two female protesters who were arrested near the controversial Corrib gas pipeline project will be published at lunchtime tomorrow.
The figures for the last five years have been disclosed by the Minister for Justice this week.
The clarification comes after the BAI upheld a complaint by Jerrie Anne Sullivan that RTÉ coverage of the case on July of this year caused her “undue distress and harm”.
Socialist Party and United Left Alliance MEP Paul Murphy believes garda actions at yesterday’s protest showed “very conscious” efforts to inflict pain.
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A report by the Garda Ombudsman Commission into the incident has been published this evening. It also claims that files were deleted from the recording device.
Several gardaí were recorded making rape remarks following the arrest of a Corrib protester. It is yet to be decided if any action will be taken.
Petrel Resources wants to drill for oil off the south west coast of Ireland. The company’s MD says resistance from local people and “crackpots” is something that “has to be managed”.
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A private members’ bill to be discussed in the Dáil this week would see the State take majority ownership of gas and oil finds.
More details are emerging of the Gardaí who were caught on tape joking about raping and deporting a protester they had arrested at a protest against the Corrib gas project.
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Statement comes after the identity of one of the women was revealed at a press conference in Dublin yesterday.
Our usual wrap-up of the day’s news, and some bits you may have missed from the last 24 hours.
Garda commissioner Martin Callinan apologises for the recorded comments made by officers, who have been transferred.
Jerrie Ann Sullivan claims at press conference that her details were leaked to media by gardai.
Broadcaster Vincent Browne has claimed that it’s “not unusual” for Irish men to make jokes about raping women they find attractive. Is he right?