THE Mayo News
| TUESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2008 | |
| New twists in Corrib route
Áine Ryan OPPONENTS of the controversial Corrib gas project yesterday (Monday) claimed that the latest twist regarding new changes to the proposed modified onshore pipeline route is further vindication of the integral flawed nature of the venture. They now intend writing to Joe Brosnan the chairman of the forum recently established by two Government ministers, Eamon Ryan and Éamon Ó Cuív to elicit what status the initiative now has. On Saturday last The Irish Times revealed that Shell E&P Ireland had withdrawn its planning application to An Bord Pleanála (ABP) for the new route, submitted some months ago under the fast-tracking Strategic Infrastructure Act. Shell consultants, RPS, said yesterday that a revised application will now seek minor realignments to part of the proposed route for the Corrib onshore pipeline, in order to avoid more sensitive habitat, including bog pools, in the Rossport commonage, identified during recent surveys. However, spokesman for community group, Pobal Chill Chomáin, John Monaghan, questioned how such surveys had been undertaken since there was a District Court order preventing Shell from carrying out such invasive works in the commonage. RPS also revealed that the updated application will seek, in certain areas, planning approval for a wider route corridor within which the proposed Corrib onshore pipeline will be constructed. In a joint statement, Pobal Chill Chomáin and business group, Pobal le Chéile, observed that this backtrack of the planning application shows once again the project is being built on the wrong site. [Both groups] have made it clear in recent statements that we are willing to help the Government and the developers bring this sorry saga to a successful conclusion, the statement continued, stressing the proviso that the core issues are addressed. Other local sources believe the application was withdrawn after it was indicated by the planning board that it could not legally pass the project. However, a board spokesman declined to comment on the precise reasons that led to the withdrawal. During August last the board gave the developers six weeks to provide further information relating to the developments impact on the stability of ground in the area; its environmental impact; and the impact of any extension of the life of the wellfields or extensification of wellfields upstream. PJ Rudden, RPS Group Director, said yesterday: The route of the pipeline will largely remain unchanged, and will remain a minimum of 140 metres from occupied dwellings. If approved by An Bord Pleanála, a wider route corridor will ensure that there is the possibility of making further small deviations to the route during the construction phase, should this be deemed necessary, in particular for environmental reasons. However, John Monaghan argued that a new application would not have been submitted unless there were significant changes. The updated submission will be made early in the new year and will include information on the Srahmore Peat Deposition Site, additional information previously submitted, as well as an updated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in one concise application. It will be made publicly available through the RPS and Shell offices, with all parties will have an opportunity to make submissions through the statutory consultation period. Related Items:
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
