[Celtic Party] How did Shell Oil get their hooks so deep into our Government?

"Now if you guys don't mind me asking, would I be right in thinking that the judges in this part of Ireland have to solemnly and sincerely promise to uphold the Constitution? -- something to do with Article 34.5.1 I've been given to understand?" ========================== How did Shell Oil get their hooks so deep into our Government ( EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, and JUDICIAL ) ? by Patrick Fri Jun 26, 2009 17:52 There has to be something "kinda quare" going on I'd nearly say? I wonder if the Garda Síochána (Republic of Ireland Police) have ever investigated the possibility of bribes being paid into offshore accounts, blackmail, and that kind of thing? Allowing for the way that Shell Oil's awful reputation is now appearing all over the place, and in ways which cannot be denied, and the vast sums of money involved in our amazing and so far completely unexplained "oil and gas giveaway", surely the time has come for a full and proper (and public) investigation into this whole business? All such an investigation would require is a few garda (police) in Dublin probably - bent on helping the People of the Republic of Ireland - instead of the hundreds of them that are now helping Shell up in Mayo. ========================== Investigation by Dr. Watson Fri Jun 26, 2009 20:53 Where to start? If I was a responsible member of the Garda Síochána, I think I might now be very tempted to start an investigation by issuing an invitation for former Justice Minister Ray Burke to come in for a bit of a chat regarding the core role that he apparently played in the "great oil and gas giveaway" to Shell Oil -- having due regard for the fact that former Minister Burke was later jailed for corruption. Former Justice Minister Ray Burke, Shell Oil, Corruption: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Former+Justice+Minister+ Ray+Burke%2C+Shell+Oil%2C+Corruption%3A&btnG=Google+ Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= ========================== "royalties of 6 to 7 per cent" arrangement abandoned  by Holmes Fri Jun 26, 2009 21:35 It's true Watson; the more one looks into this whole business the more suspicious one becomes. The "royalties of 6 to 7 per cent" would have been in keeping with the Article 10 of Bunreacht na hEireann (Constitution) -- but former Minister Burke abandoned these royalties it seems. How Mr Burke could have done this without attracting the attention of all those whose job it is to prevent violations of the Constitution is a complete mystery to me at the present time. My comments here derive from the contents of the two excerpts below, which I am assuming are correct: "In 1985, Fianna Fáil's Ray Burke significantly modified an agreement that guaranteed the state a national stake and financial return from any commercially successful find. In 1975, Labour minister Justin Keating gave the state the right to a 50 per cent stake plus royalties of 6 to 7 per cent in any commercially successful find, and imposed a 50 per cent tax on the companies." "Burke abandoned the government stake against the advice of his department and abolished payment of royalties. In 1992, intense lobbying by the oil companies led to a lower tax rate of 25 per cent under then Minister for Finance Bertie Ahern (who later resigned as Prime Minister amid corruption allegations) . The tax could be written off against commercial costs over the previous 25 years, including costs incurred on work in other jurisdictions. ‘Frontier licences' were introduced, allowing oil companies to hold drilling licences for up to 20 years." Both of the above excerpts are from: http://www.soldiersofdesti ny.org/theshellsaga.htm ========================== An "unusual move" by Bergerac Sun Jun 28, 2009 13:33 Holmes & Watson, I find the piece below (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossport_Five) interesting: "In an unusual move by the Irish judiciary, the men (The Rossport Five) were told that a judge would be on hand at any time of day or night if they wanted to purge their contempt, by promising they would no longer hinder Shell employees." Unusual move by Irish judiciary, Rossport Five: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Unusual+move+by+Irish+judiciary%2C+Rossport+Five%3A&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= ========================== Just one more thing ... by Colombo Sun Jun 28, 2009 14:13 Now if you guys don't mind me asking, would I be right in thinking that the judges in this part of Ireland (Republic of Ireland) have to solemnly and sincerely promise to uphold the Constitution? -- something to do with Article 34.5.1 I've been given to understand? Article 34.5.1 of Bunreacht na hEireann (Constitution of the Republic of Ireland): http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Article+34.5.1+of+Bunreacht+na+ hEireann%3A&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= ========================== The above texts have been copied from the Indymedia (Ireland) Article at: http://www.indymedia. ie/article/92860#comment254661 BACKUP COPY AT: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/IndyMediaIreland/29June2009/ Post.htm#comment254661 ========================== For future reference purposes a copy of the above text was e-mailed earlier today to "Republic of Ireland Chief Police Commissioner Fachtna Murphy" (and copied to several others as well). The full e-mail in question can now be viewed at the following Internet location: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/CommissionerFachtnaMurphy/29June200 9/Email.htm ==========================  The Global Cesspit of Corruption, Crime, Cover-Ups, Impunity, and Tyranny:  "The Constitution has been hijacked" (Registered letter to P.M. Brian Cowan T.D. dated May 9th 2008): http://www.humanrig htsireland.com/PrimeMinisterCowen/ 9May2008/Email.htm ========================== Human Rights (Ireland) http://www.humanrightsireland.com ==========================