Aine Ryan,
Published: Apr 28, 2007
Brendan Philbin of the so-called Rossport Five yesterday withdrew in protest from the Corrib gas public hearing, saying it was farcical that the project was being discussed with no specific pipeline route being known.
It was argued that without a specific revised route, there must also be doubt about the applicability of the independent safety review commissioned by Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources Noel Dempsey.
Frank Clinton, chairman of the oral hearing organised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), acknowledged that there was a gap in information in this regard.
However, Mr Clinton said his legal advice was “to press on” despite Shell’s recent vacating of compulsory acquisition orders in the High Court regarding the original route.
The company has informed the agency it is not yet in a position to clarify matters relating to a proposed new on-land route.
On the ninth day of the hearing into the granting of an integrated pollution prevention control (IPPC) licence for the Corrib gas refinery, Mr Philbin said no licence should be issued until court proceedings were concluded.
He asked how the EPA could reach valid conclusions by calculating imaginary figures. The new pipeline could be 5km long or 50km long, he said.
“The whole reason for this hearing is to deal with facts. The applicant is here seeking an IPPC licence. There’s a gas field, there’s a site for a refinery but there’s a big blank in between,” Mr Philbin said.
Mr Clinton agreed he would have to consider such problems in his report.
“You are absolutely right, the changing situation in the background has a bearing,” said the chairman. He added the new pipeline could change the inventory of what is needed for the project.
“You cannot deal with an IPPC licence when there’s a vital piece of infrastructure missing. If you cannot deal with this in a more hands-on way, I’m withdrawing from the hearing in protest,” Mr Philbin said. After declining to answer questions from Esmonde Keane SC, for Shell, he gathered his papers and left.
John Monaghan, a Shell to Sea spokesman, said the Advantica Independent Safety Review was no longer valid, and that independent mediator Peter Cassells’s report, by association, was also questionable.
Vincent McGrath, also of the group of five protesters, referred to the ancient lore around Sruwaddacon Bay and its association with the Children of Lir.
“They were called Fionnuala and Aodh; maybe if they were around nowadays they’d be called Jay and Rocco,” he said. The hearing reconvenes next Tuesday.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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