Pobal Chill Chomain Press Release – SHELL/STATOIL GARDA BRIBERY – 21/08/2013
As a community group committed to solving the continued difficulties with the ongoing Shell/Statoil Corrib Gas controversy, we are extremely concerned with the most recent developments regarding allegations of bribery and deception involving senior members of An Garda Siochana and agents acting on behalf of the Corrib developers; i.e. the long-term bribery of Garda members with gifts of alcohol, and misleading a Garda Ombudsman investigation.
These allegations strike at the heart of our community, but strike also at the basic notion of democracy and transparency in this country, and must be rooted out at their foundation if we are to move on from conflict and mistrust.
Various statements have been issued in recent days by Shell E&P Ireland and our police force, and we note with dismay that neither group has yet denied the accusations, but merely pushed them away with talk of repeated internal investigations with no possibility of independence.
Pobal Chill Chomain also notes the statement issued by the Garda Siochana Ombusdman Commission (GSOC) as reported in the mainstream media, stating no complaints were received in relation to the revelations.
GSOC’s reluctance in investigating this aspect of Corrib is unhelpful to say the least, but it’s statment – that no complaints were received in relation to the revelations – is deeply disturbing. Whether intentionally misleading or otherwise, We know this statement to be untrue.
In May of this year – long before the issue was reported in the British and Irish press – GSOC were informed by members of our community of the allegations and the damage they were causing to all concerned, and Pobal Chill Chomain is calling for the Garda Ombudsman to correct it’s statement immediately.
Other people and organisations – including rights groups Frontline and AFRI – have called for a truly independent investigation into these matters, and Pobal Chill Chomain wishes to support that call, as a matter of extreme urgency.
ENDS
For Verification or comment;
John Monaghan, Spokesperson
+353 (0)86 3123439
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.
