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Shell expert claims he hasn't yet had sex with Andy Pyle

category mayo | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Friday May 04, 2007 01:17author by IT Reader Report this post to the editors

There's still time...

As the General Election looms, and the EPA hearing draws to a close, Áine Ryan draws a few conclusions about the current state of play in Corrib saga in the current edition of the Mayo news.

She points out that Shell have no approved route for their pipeline, and when they come up with one (if they ever do) they will have to go through the whole process again.

They also have to deal with the fact that politicians like Martin Ferris and Tommy Broughan could well be in the government next month, and the Shell to Sea campaign, although shaken by police brutality, has not gone away...
(photo copyright- rights reserved) Protest at Bellanaboy against Shell refinery scheme last year
(photo copyright- rights reserved) Protest at Bellanaboy against Shell refinery scheme last year

Next government may solve Corrib debacle

Analysis
Áine Ryan

MOMENTS of humour have been rare at the high-octane Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) hearing into the issuing of an Integrated Pollution Prevention Control licence for the Corrib gas project. So when Shell witness Dr David Phillips, an expert in marine pollution control, broke the tension, the brief relief rippled through the room like a mini-tornado. Shell to Sea’s John Monaghan was cross-examining three scientists, and intimating that despite their declared objectivity, they clearly enjoyed ‘a cosy, even incestuous, relationship’ with the giant company. “Well, we haven’t had sex yet,” retorted Dr Philips drily.

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Seems like a lot of foreplay.     lotsa lubricants    Fri May 04, 2007 11:07 
   media spin     neutral observer    Fri May 04, 2007 13:55 
   Actually     Vinnie    Fri May 04, 2007 14:49 
   Fire near Shell installation     prodigy    Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:39 


 
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