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# Drill Baby Drill

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See the smoke over Marino today? Don't worry, it was just Dublin's newest firefighters showing off their skills

25 Dublin Fire Brigade recruits were climbing towers and cutting cars open in the Marino sunshine this afternoon…

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Apr 15th 2014, 4:57 PM

New licence could extend Cork's potential oil field

Providence Resources says its been offered a licensing option for another 500 sq km beside the Barryroe oil field.

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Aug 10th 2012, 12:13 PM

Cork oil estimates trebled to over 1.6 billion

Providence Resources has said that between 1 and 1.61 billion barrels of oil are in place at the Barryroe field.

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Jul 25th 2012, 8:34 AM