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September 5th, 2010:

Royal Dutch Shell and the dark arts

UPDATED 8 SEPT & 14 SEPT 2010 (NEW INFORMATION IN RED TEXT)

Threats, including death threats, have allegedly been made against conscience driven Shell whistleblowers leaking information and/or Shell internal documents to John Donovan

By John Donovan

Andy Coulson resigned as editor of the News of the World in January 2007 over a phone hacking scandal at the newspaper. He is now media adviser to UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

Journalists hacked into mobile-phones to hear voice mail messages left for UK royalty, government ministers and celebrities.

An investigation by Scotland Yard focused almost exclusively on the hacking targeting Prince William and Prince Harry. It resulted in the imprisonment of a News of the World reporter and a private investigator. read more

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Parish priest heckled over support for Shell

The Irish Times – Thursday, September 2, 2010

ÁINE RYAN

THE CONTROVERSIAL Corrib gas project is arguably the most forensically examined project in the 88-year history of the State, a northwest Mayo parish priest said in support of the project yesterday.

Fr Kevin Hegarty of Kilmore-Erris was the first of two parish priests to address the An Bord Pleanála hearing, in Belmullet, Co Mayo, into Shell’s revised application.

His diocesan colleague, Fr Michael Nallen, the parish priest of Kilcommon, where the project is located, is scheduled to address the hearing today and express the concerns and fears of his parishioners. read more

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Shell criticised over gifts to schools

Responding, Esmonde Keane, senior counsel for Shell, said he “absolutely rejected” that it was manipulating the community. He argued the company’s grants and schemes were established to “give back to the community”.

The Irish Times – Friday, September 3, 2010

ÁINE RYAN

A RETIRED Department of Education psychologist has criticised Shell’s public relations strategy of targeting schools with Corrib Natural Gas “baubles and trinkets”.

He also claimed the company “was manipulating the community in a shameless way in order to achieve their own ends”.

Former educational psychologist Tom McAndrew told the resumed planning appeals board hearing on Shell’s revised gas pipeline it was hard to blame schools and boards of management – desperately short of funds – for being tempted by such obvious generosity. read more

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