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An Bord Pleanála and the Garda Ombudsman criticise Shell and the gardai respectively Michael McCaughan An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has rejected the proposed route for the Corrib pipeline as “unacceptable” on safety grounds. The ruling was unequivocal: houses along the route were “within the hazard range of the pipeline should a failure occur”, while “design […]
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David Andrews resigned as Chairman of the Irish Red Cross Society (IRCS) following Village’s October article calling for him to step aside in view of issues of corporate governance and propriety including the mysteriously-delayed payment of funds raised for the Asian tsunami, under his watch. At a meeting on 28 November of the central council David Andrews referred to “wretched scribes”.
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View from the wheelhouse Miriam Cotton (2009) Mayo fisherman, Pat ‘The Chief’ O’ Donnell, has been a vocal objector to the present configuration of the Corrib Gas project. Last year he was instrumental in preventing Shell from laying its disputed pipeline in Broadhaven Bay. Below are excerpts from an interview in which he claims he […]
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Inanimate Icons Of Contemporary Ireland
Inanimate Icons Of Contemporary Ireland
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To Aid Or Not To Aid
“Approximately half of the world’s population of six billion lives on less than US$2.50 a day”
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