"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?"
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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.
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Investigationby 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=
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"royalties of 6
to 7 per cent" arrangement abandoned by
Holmes Fri Jun 26, 2009
21:35It'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
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.soldiersofdestiny.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=
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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=
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