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Dublin - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

PUBLIC MEETING: Protect Dalkey Island & Killiney Bay From Oil Drill - All Welcome

category dublin | environment | event notice author Sunday January 22, 2012 22:20author by T Report this post to the editors

Large Oil Drill close to Shore off Dalkey planned for this year

Is it Good Bye to the Dalkey Dolphins ?????????

A massive oil drilling has been planned a mere 6km off the coast of Dublin, directly off Dalkey Island for later in 2012. with the first platform to go directly out from white Rock Beach in line with where the Dolphins often choose to appear.

Legal notice was given January 5th- 2012 with an objection window of only 21 working days, with a closing date for objections being February 2nd 2012.
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PUBLIC MEETING

Tuesday 24th January

Dalkey Town Hall at 7.30pm

Be there & bring yer Granny

A massive oil drilling has been planned a mere 6km off the coast of Dublin, directly off Dalkey Island for later in 2012. with the first platform to go directly out from white Rock Beach in line with where the Dolphins often choose to appear.

Legal notice was given January 5th- 2012 with an objection window of only 21 working days, with a closing date for objections being February 2nd 2012.

This is serious! Very Little Time to act
To object to this directive - quote ref: MS 5/4/54l write with grounds to :-

The Foreshore unit,
Department of Environment, community and Local Government, Newtown Road, Wexford, Co. Wexford
or foreshore@environ.ie.
Also contact Minister for the
Environment: philip.hogan@oireachtas.ie, Tel: 056-77 71490, Fax:056-77 71491
and get in touch with Local Government!

In addition an independent petition has been launched in objection to the application: www.protectourcoast.net

It is in ALL our interest to protect our environment!
Please sign the online petition, click on link www.protectourcoast.net

Draft letter :-
https://www.change.org/petitions/protect-dublin-bay-dal...ling#

To see what an oil rig looks like go to :- http://www.providenceresources.com/default.aspx

Related Link: http://www.protectourcoast.net

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Some existing press coverage on the oil drilling platform planned for Dalkey Bay     T    Sun Jan 22, 2012 22:34 
   Welcome to our world.......     Ferdia    Mon Jan 23, 2012 14:21 
   Drill Drill Drill     Bray Head    Tue Jan 24, 2012 01:06 
   Bray Headcase     Ferdia    Tue Jan 24, 2012 09:45 
   @Bray Head     opus diablos    Tue Jan 24, 2012 13:28 
   Use our Natural resources-save our economy.     Bray Head    Tue Jan 24, 2012 21:18 
   I don't think you got it mr b-head (or is it d-head?)     lefty    Wed Jan 25, 2012 05:02 
   First Things First     W. Finnerty    Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:33 
   Job Creation     Bray (unemployed)    Wed Jan 25, 2012 18:14 
 10   Re: Job Creation     T    Wed Jan 25, 2012 22:13 
 11   T oil can be drilled safely:fact.     Gretta    Wed Jan 25, 2012 23:28 
 12   some people never learn...     lefty    Thu Jan 26, 2012 07:20 
 13   Gretta     Ferdia    Thu Jan 26, 2012 13:27 
 14   Oil means cheaper ful and jobs     Fred    Sun Jan 29, 2012 21:51 
 15   another key regulator up to their neck in oil shares     lefty    Mon Jan 30, 2012 09:52 
 16   Fred     Ferdia    Mon Jan 30, 2012 13:21 
 17   Going for gold!     Margaret    Wed Feb 01, 2012 18:17 
 18   You do that,Margaret...     Ferdia    Wed Feb 01, 2012 23:04 
 19   Nothing to do with Shell     Oil drill supporter    Wed Feb 01, 2012 23:20 
 20   Delighted to hear.....     Ferdia    Wed Feb 01, 2012 23:38 
 21   Re: Nothing to do with Shell     T    Wed Feb 01, 2012 23:55 
 22   more sock puppets than wanderly wagon on this thread!     lefty    Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:09 
 23   Tony O'Reilly (Sir Anthony O'Reilly)     W. Finnerty    Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:23 
 24   Drill to go ahead     Larry    Wed Feb 15, 2012 22:17 
 25   Another try     W. Finnerty    Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:26 
 26   Update on Dalkey offshore license. Call to suspend activity. Dalkey sold for 30 pieces of silver     T    Wed Dec 12, 2012 00:05 
 27   Update on United Nations Aarhus Convention Agreement situation ...     W. Finnerty    Wed Dec 12, 2012 03:57 


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