shits like this also happen in my country the oil from it is always sold to another companies from the US for example and we always pay high prices for gas instead of using our own resources Im not quite sure but left newspapers talk stuff like that
Did nobody else think the message on their website was a bit creepy: "Make a commitment or simply voice your concern by signing up. When enough people have submitted their emails, you will receive a plan of action detailing how we are going to change things."
This is a really valid arguement about the differences between a nation who is self-confident and looks after its people, and those of us who are tied to the machine, and unable to see any alternative options; only hope that this kind of information is getting out and about, and that people are waking up to the insanity of materialsm/ consumption/ competition, and thinking about a more fulfilling future.
There's no comparison between Norway's wealth and Ireland's Corrib gas field. Norway is a rich country because it is the 3rd largest exporter of oil in the world. Norway's 5 million people export more than they import and had a surplus balance of trade of 41 Billion NOK in 2011. The Corrib gas field contains about 594 billion cubic feet of recoverable gas. This is only enough to supply 60% of the Irish market for 15 years before it is exhausted and it will not generate any revenue from exports
Another fine example of good governance by the state of Ireland.... just for a moment try to imagine what an amazing country we could/ should be (infrastructure, health, jobs, etc). "the price of democracy is eternal vigilance" the people of Ireland were not in anyway vigilant. the damage is not just the fault of fianna fail, its ours as well for letting them and rewarding them for this service and just to top it off i bet you a fiver they'll make a come back....
theres 1 significant point the makers left out, Norway is profiting so much from oil and gas because it has so much oil and gas, the corrib is the only significant viable find made in ireland for years, and if we tax the prospectors out of it theyl just fuck off to Angola or Portugal or whatever country is cheaper...we are NOT a country with vast oil and gas resources
Arghhhh! look people crony Ireland is alive and well, are we so stupid, the same crooks are running the show, theres one law for them, there laughing in your face and have there hands in your pockets, mass protest should be organised and our oil and gas returned, why cant Ireland ever be a success because lads we have a bunch of cute whores and snakes ripping and robbing us, this will never change unless there is serious protest, so its up to us to get justice and bring down the cost of living
I've been living in Ireland for 12 years so I think I will become a citizen and demand some of that oil! Noice! (Oh yeah, those norwegian women were hot!)
Its OK your brain hasn't full developed yet your still a kid you need to grow up. "I have a degree in biochemistry", i couldn't give a shit, you all so have a degree in talking sight. I would say your a student that probably goes to college in Galway or wherever and hang out with your friends at the weekend drinking hoping to get laid but haven't and you feel you need to take it out on someone. You don't have a clue what your talking about Period
Theres an anger that's building, and within the next 2-3 years its going to come to boiling point. We might take our time alright, but traditionally when we revolt, we do it in style with no holds barred. And the next one will be no different! People are sick of this bunch of corrupt, greedy morons running the country - and will show it soon enough.
It great to expose this story. It is RTE's duty to run this story, why don't they? The EU is built on a lie and every thing that goes with it .Our politicians are loyal to the EU and so they betray us and this is what we get - our natural resources given away.
@vincentom1 RTE's duty isn't to the people. RTE's duty is to serve the State. Always has been. Always will. The State in turn, doesn't serve the Irish people. It serves the Devil.
This video is quite simplistic. It doesn't mention the huge costs of discovering the oil in the first place. Oil companies can afford that risk. Norway has lots of oil that's easy to recover, Ireland has not.
@fergusoc2yt Given how the Irish people were never consulted about any of this before hand...and given how there's a new Irish government in power, the government could simply have its navy sieze the oil platforms and declare to the world that it's taking control of ITS OWN RESOURCES - FAIR AND SQUARE.
What are the oil companies going to do? Lobby the U.S. Congress to impose economic sanctions on Ireland, or send the Marines into IRELAND???
@usagoodbyeisayhello Ah credit rating agencies could and probably would downgrade the Irish credit rating because of sovereign risk, increasing the cost of borrowing for Irish banks and government thus crippling the economy.
@jetjaxon Well, the natural, rational thing for the Irish government to do would be to send assassins out to the credit rating agencies, find the CEO's and assassinate them. If it's perfectly okay for the US government to murder innocent men, women and children abroad, it would definitely be okay for the Irish government to kill a few CEO's bent on destroying Ireland. Israel assassinated an Iranian nuclear scientist the other day. Why can't the Irish defend themselves?
The Corrib gas field is too small for Ireland to set up it's own state gas company & sell the gas to itself (It's also too small to export, it will be used domestically). It will be taxed 40%.
Norway has c. 50 gas & oil fields in shallow water, they can use rigs that stand on the sea floor. Their oil & gas is far easier, safer & cheaper to extract. Also, they have a surplus, they can sell oil & gas on the international markets. It does not seem to be the same as Ireland fortunately.
This issue always confuses me. I'm not an expert on oil, and it always seems like both sides in the debate are equally valid.
However, considering the current transfer of wealth from taxpayers to banks, I'm willing to give the lefties the benefit of the doubt on this. I refuse to take the government at their word, since they've betrayed my trust over the bank bondholders.
"I understand your concern,but thats some of the price you have to pay when dealing with oil. and gas"
Am i understanding you right?
So that's confirmation from someone who has experience in the industry that this practice of dumping sludge / dregs from cleaned out tankers happens and is bound happen to at some stage in Irish waters.
Thanks for your previous honesty about the fact you work for Shell and that they'll more than likely be flushing dregs from the oil tankers into Irish waters as per normal working practice.
Funnily enough farmers that do pollute do so with by-products from the Oil sector.
It sounds like this oil find will be a curse on Ireland.
Due to not being able to put link in Youtube just do this for me, go to Google
and search for two things
"shell kills in nigia the guardian"
Go to the second link down for the guardian news paper.
Then search in google for this
"Shell must pay $1bn"
These are only two of the hundreds of thousands of links to dirty dealings
about shell. If you still want to defend Shell after reading these links then people should be asking why and what's your personal interest in defending shell.
Here's an excerpt "Shell's own managers, also alleges that government forces hired by Shell perpetrated atrocities against local civilians, including unlawful killings and systematic torture."
@MultiFlash1988 but the oil has still already been dug up! So what more damage is there to be done when its already dug up? Its just been dug up without us getting any money from it! In otherwards its been dug up by other oil companies and we get nothing out of it! I dont think you really understand the whole thing to be honest.
Without attracting investment in the drilling there is no oil production and no income for Ireland. Once production has become established risks and costs fall and the government can raise the tax rates exactly like the UK government did recently.
Emphasis on the "estimated". It still has to be found and commercially produced. It's not like going out into the Atlantic in a dinghy with a net and scooping up 500 Euro notes wherever you go!?!
This is a very one sided view of the situation. You can hardly read the small print at 7.11, and even that doesn't mention that larger fields are taxed at 40%. There have been over 150 wells drilled in Irish waters but so far no commercial oil production. It remains a high risk high cost region to drill in. To attract oil companies to take this risk better tax terms are needed - and Ireland have these terms, which are now attracting investment in further drilling.
I think its a fantastic idea to tax the oil companies. Why fear losing the business if we are not benefiting from them anyway. I think the Norwegian idea is fantastic we should go for it!
Thank you Fianna Fail and I wonder how much you pocketed to arrange this state of affairs. Another example of the treason and treachery carried out on the Irish people. As with most contracts our politicians of all hues are incapable or unwilling to revisit them so that a just cost cannot be applied. The same applies to the civil service and banker fat cats salaries. Not one banker or politician will be held accountable in Ireland for wrong doing.
Here's a tip: You lose credibility when you lie (Irish people get nothing? What? We get 40% of the profits) and ask leading questions ("What would you say if you heard that the Irish people gave away all their oil and gas reserves?" "Well I would say that that was bad.")
We do not have proven reserves and there is no need to create a state-owned oil company when you can just get a 3rd party to do it and skim their profits. Back to #occupydamestreet with you.
We have geologists, engineers, laborers and entrepeneurs in abundance. If you belive the government when thgey say that we don't have the money or resources to drill, then fool on you..., and fool on your kids.
Excellent video, but there is a typo at 7:00 (denands) . Just thought you should know for professionalism's sake.
Keep up the good work! It's despicable that the government was so myopic to agree to this sort of contract. Is it too late though to do anything about the terms?
Have a read of the journal.ie's column: For now, Ireland’s oil reserves are best off in private hands. A read of it highlights what this video fails to. A balanced arguement is a far better one.
In the Republic of Ireland, fluoridation was legislated in 1960, and after a constitutional challenge the two major cities of Dublin and Cork began it in 1964 fluoridation became required for all sizeable public water systems
@johnmacward SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU IMBECILE, the problem is not the oil and gas, its because the irish nation is drinking from the most heavily fluoridated water in the world, were dumbed down beyond belief! Ireland, Basque, Palestine, or any other nation of trouble makers (Freedom fighters). you don't see progressive euro nations drinking fluoridated water thats for sure!, conceived by Hitlers scientists as a way of keep the jews docile / dumb! in prison / concentration camps...
@soar1111 its hard to believe people are still so asleep about this poison they drink on a daily basis. Israeli soldiers carry reverse osmosis kits so that if they do get stuck inside Palestine they have the kits to remove fluoride form the water, they know how poisonous this stuff is, they wont even drink it for a short period. this is not conspiracy theory John, its CONSPIRACY FACT!!! ------------- NOW WAKE UP TO IT YOU DUMMIE!!! The Irish nation is zombified so much its hard to believe really
@johnmacward i mean read some of the comments on here, ah do ba wa ah we have no oil and gas our government told us so!! and the oil company's told them so its true, ye ba wa oh what time is Britain's Got Talent on?? any more fluoride gong around i think im WAKING UP, ill just go and brush my teeth with some mmmmm mmmm mmmm delicious fluoride made here in Ireland, Fiacla toothpaste great for IMBECILES who want to graduate into the IDIOT class. try some.. mmmmmmmm !! ... YOU FOOL!!
Fluoridation is not a conspiracy theory read the articles on the National Health Federation which is a world wide organization who tested the water in Ireland and proved the water had to much fluoride. There are hugh side effects from fluoride, look at the back of any toothpaste, children under a certain age use a small piece of paste and if you cosume to much consult a doctor or dentist, that because its so f***ing bad for you. It could actually kill a small child if it took to much.
Can you read, i said a small piece and too much would be a couple of mouth fulls, how could you say its the same with anything and its a stupid statement. That goes to show you know nothing about fluoride or how it came about do your homework and i mean do your homework and then you can call me a moron. Sorry but i did not call you anything, you must be a moron in today's world of having an opinion. Anyway keep it real
@paulcmusik Too much water can kill a person. Too much oxygen can kill a person.
It's stupid because it's obvious and redundant. Too much ANYTHING can kill you... because it's too much... That's "how I could say it's the same with anything", because it is.
And I have a degree in biochemistry and have read plenty of papers on the subject so I know exaclty how dangerous flouride can be.
You aren't a moron for having an opinion. You're a moron for saying "too much X can kill someone". You moron.
I have spread the word as much as I can, have you set up a Twitter account? A good way to spread the word to a large number of people & quickly too. Great work, you should be proud, thank you for bringing this to light!
sorry lads but you're waaayyyy off the mark. I hate the Irish Government but the deal they've made is as good as they would ever got. Basically Ireland doesn't have to the same extent as Norway the natural resources. If you want me to explain it I could but it's long and complicated.
@Jack63815101 Sorry pal, but you can't just say 'it's long and complicated' and then disappear. You'll have to explain your position or else or point of view ain't worth a thing.
extraction of oil off Ireland is no different from extraction off Norway's coast, we have been hood winked into believing it is in places that's impossible to work and expensive to drill / setup rigs, its all BS, they are fining fields, capping them and moving on, it could be the biggest oil / gas field in the world, who's to say they are not robbing it by tankers under our noses!! 3:10 what he says will happen very soon once people see what our own did with our future!!! Disgusting Bastards!
How many millions of dollars worth of oil have the oil companies stole from Ireland to date? If we are giving away all our oil for free then why aren't there dozens of oil rigs off our coast?
This needs to be viewed by as many people as possible...we are, like the Norwegians pointed out lazy...why do the Irish continually accept being treated like crap????
@Donnsie Because our water supply is fluoridated & it destroys resistance to domination.The Nazis used it in the concentration camps in WW2 in order to dumb down the prisoners & wear down their resistance.Ireland for centuries had a fighting spirit which is why we have been so heavily targeted.Its not in our water by accident.I can assure you of that.
Ireland can still renege on this IMF bullshit. We are being collectively shafted by the banking elite. WE CAN NEVER PAY THIS LOAN OFF. WE WILL BE KEPT IN PERPETUAL POVERTY.
Economic hitman have assassinated Ireland's resources, selling them off to 'superpowers'. Central and South America and most of Asia and even Africa have all under gone this. A select few control the majority of wealth/resources.
If we don't act we will always be under the proverbial boot heel. We don't need government.
Ireland can still renege on this IMF bullshit. We are being collectively shafted by the banking elite. WE CAN NEVER PAY THIS LOAN OFF. WE WILL BE KEPT IN PERPETUAL POVERTY.
Economic hitman have assassinated Ireland's resources, selling them off to 'superpowers'. Central and South America and most of Asia and even Africa have all under gone this. A select few control the majority of wealth/resources.
If we don't act we will always be under the proverbial boot heel. We don't need government.
To say that the cost of extraction of this oil and gas is "too expensive" is a void argument. It's defeatist, negative and counter-productive. If you're not part of the solution...bugger off.
Ireland so badly needs to find its spirit again. There are thousands of skilled professionals fleeing the country because every generation we elect a shower of morons who fuck up so much it pushes a valuable section of the community away. It's happened before and they did it again.
To say that the cost of extraction of this oil and gas is "too expensive" is a void argument. It's defeatist, negative and counter-productive. If you're not part of the solution...bugger off.
Ireland so badly needs to find its spirit again. There are thousands of skilled professionals fleeing the country because every generation we elect a shower of morons who fuck up so much it pushes a valuable section of the community away. It's happened before and they did it again.
This is the most shameful situation that a modern country has ever found itself in. here we are in ireland stuggling to get by, and a Government Minister, another Fianna Fail gennius, ray Burke, decides that it would be a good idea to give what little resources we have away to one of the richest countries in the world. Sickening is the only expression that fits. But here's a question, was it not illegal for him to do this without a referendum?, I was under the impression it was unconstitutional
@nutrocker62 Here's article 10.1 of the Irish Constitution:
1. All natural resources, including the air and all forms of potential energy, within the jurisdiction of the Parliament and Government established by this Constitution and all royalties and franchises within that jurisdiction belong to the State subject to all estates and interests therein for the time being lawfully vested in any person or body.
So did Ray Burke have authority to give it away? I don't think so!
I'm watching this in China... as I bailed on Ireland almost 2 years ago... I knew a little about this, and still don't really understand how or why we would just give it away... I mean, we must, or someone must have gotten something? I believe it was Ray Burke... Why though... Can we not get this back?
It's pretty baffling... Good film, well done for bringing this to 23,620 peoples attention.
@tnsradioireland Done. Voiced my concerns and directed Rabbitte (or whoever reads my email) to this vid and the myoilandgas website. Will post a response if I get one.
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+If they just said you big oil companies spend 100s of mills digging up oil on a contract to pump it and when you're done we tell you to clear off, you find that not only do the courts prevent rip offs, but the infrastructure, the machines to suck the stuff up... What you think Dublin council has rigs or we can just MacGuyver one up? It's some of the hardest to access in the world. Maybe they should raise the tax and license fees. ALL OF THE REST IS SHITE so protest for something real. Go vegan.
There is lots of shite on this page. Google up Irish oil and find out yourself, from various sources, how it works from start to finish and, who is involved and how. No company owns rights to all our oil. Our tax rate ranges from the second lowest in the world for smaller finds, to roughly half the highest world rate for larger finds. Licensing fees are also too low. The oil does not leap out. If people won't get angry until you tell them lies, they aren't fucking worth it. Did you get that bit?
Charlie Haughey and the government back then had absolutely no right or entitlement to sell off a natural resource that belongs to the people of Ireland.
What is needed now is a revolution to rid Ireland of its corrupt politicians and civil servants.!!!
Why would Ireland give away its natural resources?
Because Ireland is a stupid,corrupt,inept,grubby little gombeen nation run by craven idiots and cute-hoors who are easily bribed & bought.
Ireland is technically in Europe but really we are just an open air lunatic asylum full of alcoholics & paedophile priests in the Atlantic Ocean.
Last year Shell made €20 billion in profit (profit,not revenue,profit) and this is achieved by implementing ruthless policies which enrich a small global elite.
This video is a little bit ill informed and very misleading. Ireland doesn't have the capacity to go drilling for oil and gas and the success rate is very low for every rig that is built. That's why we get other companies who have the reserves to look for resources that otherwise would just lay unused.
@fineganj Let private companies with the expertise drill it and then tax them heavily for the privilege or set up a semi state body like stat oil and learn how to do it, we have the brains and the man power just not the foresight. The Norwegians weren't born exploring oil, they had to start somewhere. It's exactly this negative apathetic attitude that has us in the shit we're in. Irish are a herd of bloody sheep.....
Irish People have the SOVEREIGN Right to demand a copy of the fraudulent contract between the Irish (Provisional Govt.established under the Crown via the Oireachtas in 1922 by King George v) and the Rockefellers/shell/bp etc. in 1974. Ireland became 'Sovereign Republic' in 1919. This Crown Govt. transfered it into a STATE, part of an ...estate under the Crown with BAR Courts (british accredited registry). Register your Letters to Pat Rabbitte minister for Natural resources.
A great film the anger that i felt whyle i watch it i have not felt in a long time who has the right to give away a nations resourse .Norway seem to have a society that cares for one another and not a country that trys to screw you every chance they get .Can it be got back because this look like a massive fraud from where im sitting
A great film the anger that i felt whyle i watch it i have not felt in a long time who has the right to give away a nations resourse .Norway seem to have a society that cares for one another and not a country that trys to screw you every chance they get .Can it be got back because this look like a massive fraud from where im sitting
A great film the anger that i felt whyle i watch it i have not felt in a long time who has the right to give away a nations resourse .Norway seem to have a society that cares for one another and not a country that trys to screw you every chance they get .Can it be got back because this look like a massive fraud from where im sitting
I'm an American whose ancestors fled Ireland due to famine, and Norway (Telemark) due to severe poverty. One major difference between the Irish and the Norwegians is Ireland's mafia, which stared well over 100 yrs. ago, here in the US. The same mafia attitude is prevelant today in Ireland, in the political class. As far as war in Ireland is concerned, I wouldn't rule it out. Forced immigration and the economy will be the catalyst.
@usagoodbyeisayhello I wish you were right bud. Unfortunately as a nation, we're far too apathetic and unwilling to rock the boat and stage a fight. We're scared to think of what the neighbours might think about us if we were seen to be protesting. Isn't that sad!?
Celtic pride has become financial and corporate subservience. I hope I'm wrong.
@macco66 A wise men once stated: "When people lose everything, the lose it!". What worries me the most about Ireland is that too many will leave once the going gets really tough. Here in the states, many a middle class family have lost their homes, and are forced to live in their cars...high school gyms etc. This is only increasing, and people are becoming angry. Unlike the Irish, we don't find it so easy to just up and leave. I hope more Irish stick around and fight for what is theirs.
All we have to do is rip up Ray Burke's late-80s Rip-Off-The-People agreements with companies like Shell and Statoil. Our gas and oil is funding Norwegian hospitals and schools when it should be funding OUR hospitals and schools. Pklus, we need a state energy company like Statoil ... could be called Éiroil or something. Our declaration of independence says that ownership of Ireland belongs to the people of Ireland. Let's take ownership of our resources back from $hell
I hate the irish government can't stand them. I'm not sure on the whole situation but I do know this we should at least try and get our resources back
@emmetmartin That;s the tax rate that foreign energy companies pay to extract OUR resources .... they pay nothing, have been paying nothing since 1987 .... then they sell OUR oil and gas back to us for a huge profit. It's sickening. As a citizen, I consider these resources to be stolen property. Our government just bends over and sucks $h€ll's dick.
@leizuoer that's completely incorrect though, the companies are charged between 25% - 40% depending on the size of the field. Please check tax law before stating such as fact. Also the tax rate in Norway is 78% not 90%
....I am ashamed to say, most of my fellow Irish are psychologically subjugated / medicated ( Water) by their masters and will continue to moan, complain, grovel , beg , emigrate, live on their knees ............STARVE...........rather than DO anything.
Water... WHy I do not drink it anymore from tap? Simple. I bought chive. I've put it into glass of water. Next day half of it died. Went yellow and and ugly (i did it few times). Now I have new chive and I did not put it into tap water. 3 days. Nothing. Go figure!
The government is now trying to sell off Coillte, our national forestry company which had a turnover of 318 million euros for 2007. I'm sure it will go to some French or German bank. Now we see what this recession was really about.
Think a lot of people think the only way of us making money off our oil is to find it and drill ourselves... that doesn't need to be done, it would be great if we could but millions could be made from taxing the oil companies that are already taking oil from this country, thats how Britain is making there profits from oil, tax the oil companies not the people....
There is no such thing as NATURAL RESOURCES. Every drop of oil and gas belongs TO THE EARTH and we cannot, as a race, continue to intravenously drain the life-blood of the planet without serious consequences, whether that life-blood be under Ireland, Norway or Jamaica. IT NEVER HAS, NEVER WILL AND NEVER CAN BELONG TO ANYONE. . . . . We are fighting over who gets to suck the blood of our mother while she dies a slow death because of it. . . How pathetic. .
@MURRAY9714 you asking or telling me? but again i will repeat the point to my comment. "we cannot, as a race, continue to intravenously drain the life-blood of the planet without serious consequences". am i wrong? I am not denying that oil and gas are useful or that i do not benefit from such products, so please, leave the internet out of it. thank you.
Good luck with this. And beware of those that try to undermine your figures and your confidence with their own negativity or vested interests. Go your own way and take control of your own resources for your own people.
Its a well-made video, but now isn't relevant. The figures you are quoting are "potentially" what we have, the cost of extracting these resources come at a huge cost, and the fact companies drill and spend millions with no guarantee of a find. Norway and Great Britain have way more successful rates of finds than in Ireland, and so Ireland is obviously not the best option, only when reserves are low elsewhere. Plus now we have no capital to invest in this industry or another semi-state company.
The oil company’s expenses can be reclaimed under the current terms, therefore Ireland IS in fact funding the exploration and extraction – They front the money but ultimately the Irish pay for it. See the contract terms on the website.
Norway offered Ireland help to extract its resources many years ago. Collaboration with those who have the capital and expertise is not only likely but far more profitable for the Irish people. Look up comments by former Energy Minister Justin Keating
@Myoilandgas The simple fact is it's government giveaway by parties aligned with big business interests, it's happened everywhere in the world including the developed countries. The UK basically own NONE of their public infrastructure post Thatcher era. The question is "Why would a state give all this up" - the state isn't run by rational people looking out for the interests of the general population. I think we all understand this at this late stage.
“The Dooish prospect off the Donegal coast was drilled by Shell and confirmed the presence of a substantial gas condensate” reference: SIPTU document on our website
There are references to at least 8 other confirmed finds in the official literature
Please don’t tow the line for big Oil – on one hand they lobby that there is no oil & ga
What can we do???
RoisinHeartsYou 1 week ago
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!
KoolDude576 1 week ago
shits like this also happen in my country the oil from it is always sold to another companies from the US for example and we always pay high prices for gas instead of using our own resources Im not quite sure but left newspapers talk stuff like that
Gh0StSecurity 2 weeks ago
nothing like america
Gaffer213 3 weeks ago
Did nobody else think the message on their website was a bit creepy: "Make a commitment or simply voice your concern by signing up. When enough people have submitted their emails, you will receive a plan of action detailing how we are going to change things."
MistuhDobbelina 3 weeks ago
another gas field has just been discovered in leitrim , estimated to last 40 years !
irishmckiddo 3 weeks ago
This is a really valid arguement about the differences between a nation who is self-confident and looks after its people, and those of us who are tied to the machine, and unable to see any alternative options; only hope that this kind of information is getting out and about, and that people are waking up to the insanity of materialsm/ consumption/ competition, and thinking about a more fulfilling future.
clareartista 1 month ago
There's no comparison between Norway's wealth and Ireland's Corrib gas field. Norway is a rich country because it is the 3rd largest exporter of oil in the world. Norway's 5 million people export more than they import and had a surplus balance of trade of 41 Billion NOK in 2011. The Corrib gas field contains about 594 billion cubic feet of recoverable gas. This is only enough to supply 60% of the Irish market for 15 years before it is exhausted and it will not generate any revenue from exports
assrapedhamster 1 month ago
Another fine example of good governance by the state of Ireland.... just for a moment try to imagine what an amazing country we could/ should be (infrastructure, health, jobs, etc). "the price of democracy is eternal vigilance" the people of Ireland were not in anyway vigilant. the damage is not just the fault of fianna fail, its ours as well for letting them and rewarding them for this service and just to top it off i bet you a fiver they'll make a come back....
fdbConor 1 month ago 3
ireland plain and simply put is SHIT!
amyhunt96 1 month ago
@amyhunt96 stfu you dont know what your talking about
irishmckiddo 3 weeks ago
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GBYRNE123 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
Irelands coast has 3.6% of the worlds gas FACT, research it
Thelrishman 1 month ago
theres 1 significant point the makers left out, Norway is profiting so much from oil and gas because it has so much oil and gas, the corrib is the only significant viable find made in ireland for years, and if we tax the prospectors out of it theyl just fuck off to Angola or Portugal or whatever country is cheaper...we are NOT a country with vast oil and gas resources
aidanhoughhh 1 month ago
@aidanhoughhh This is the kind of mindless response that causes the disparity to arise in the first place.
FirinneVideo 1 month ago
Our Government has not got a clue! There are out to line their own pockets and dont give a damn about the future of Ireland
mariameyler 1 month ago
Arghhhh! look people crony Ireland is alive and well, are we so stupid, the same crooks are running the show, theres one law for them, there laughing in your face and have there hands in your pockets, mass protest should be organised and our oil and gas returned, why cant Ireland ever be a success because lads we have a bunch of cute whores and snakes ripping and robbing us, this will never change unless there is serious protest, so its up to us to get justice and bring down the cost of living
aislan50 1 month ago 3
I've been living in Ireland for 12 years so I think I will become a citizen and demand some of that oil! Noice! (Oh yeah, those norwegian women were hot!)
TheShlongy 1 month ago
Its OK your brain hasn't full developed yet your still a kid you need to grow up. "I have a degree in biochemistry", i couldn't give a shit, you all so have a degree in talking sight. I would say your a student that probably goes to college in Galway or wherever and hang out with your friends at the weekend drinking hoping to get laid but haven't and you feel you need to take it out on someone. You don't have a clue what your talking about Period
paulcmusik 1 month ago
Norwegian women are hot.
GrittyMcCheese 1 month ago
This video is not all true. Read up on the actual tax take and costs of drilling. It's not as one-sided as this video makes out.
chestypants78 1 month ago
Theres an anger that's building, and within the next 2-3 years its going to come to boiling point. We might take our time alright, but traditionally when we revolt, we do it in style with no holds barred. And the next one will be no different! People are sick of this bunch of corrupt, greedy morons running the country - and will show it soon enough.
yahoochiewatchie 1 month ago 2
surely a whole country could overthrow a business? I HATE THE IRISH GOVERNMENT! SCREWED US OVER! Lets protest!
dookafook 1 month ago
irishsoverignparty.ie
paulmac2012 1 month ago
Its time to take Irelands oil fields back, for our children and our grandchildrens future, make a change
paulmac2012 1 month ago
It great to expose this story. It is RTE's duty to run this story, why don't they? The EU is built on a lie and every thing that goes with it .Our politicians are loyal to the EU and so they betray us and this is what we get - our natural resources given away.
vincentom1 2 months ago
@vincentom1 RTE's duty isn't to the people. RTE's duty is to serve the State. Always has been. Always will. The State in turn, doesn't serve the Irish people. It serves the Devil.
usagoodbyeisayhello 2 months ago 2
This video is quite simplistic. It doesn't mention the huge costs of discovering the oil in the first place. Oil companies can afford that risk. Norway has lots of oil that's easy to recover, Ireland has not.
fergusoc2yt 3 months ago 3
@fergusoc2yt Given how the Irish people were never consulted about any of this before hand...and given how there's a new Irish government in power, the government could simply have its navy sieze the oil platforms and declare to the world that it's taking control of ITS OWN RESOURCES - FAIR AND SQUARE.
What are the oil companies going to do? Lobby the U.S. Congress to impose economic sanctions on Ireland, or send the Marines into IRELAND???
BWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! LOL
usagoodbyeisayhello 2 months ago
@usagoodbyeisayhello Ah credit rating agencies could and probably would downgrade the Irish credit rating because of sovereign risk, increasing the cost of borrowing for Irish banks and government thus crippling the economy.
jetjaxon 1 month ago
@jetjaxon Well, the natural, rational thing for the Irish government to do would be to send assassins out to the credit rating agencies, find the CEO's and assassinate them. If it's perfectly okay for the US government to murder innocent men, women and children abroad, it would definitely be okay for the Irish government to kill a few CEO's bent on destroying Ireland. Israel assassinated an Iranian nuclear scientist the other day. Why can't the Irish defend themselves?
usagoodbyeisayhello 1 month ago
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we pray for the end of all greed that causes suffering
cow4652 3 months ago
WE GAVE IT ALL AWAY FOR FREE!!!! :O fuckin brian cowan
gotnuts344343 3 months ago
The Corrib gas field is too small for Ireland to set up it's own state gas company & sell the gas to itself (It's also too small to export, it will be used domestically). It will be taxed 40%.
Norway has c. 50 gas & oil fields in shallow water, they can use rigs that stand on the sea floor. Their oil & gas is far easier, safer & cheaper to extract. Also, they have a surplus, they can sell oil & gas on the international markets. It does not seem to be the same as Ireland fortunately.
Diamonddavej 3 months ago
This issue always confuses me. I'm not an expert on oil, and it always seems like both sides in the debate are equally valid.
However, considering the current transfer of wealth from taxpayers to banks, I'm willing to give the lefties the benefit of the doubt on this. I refuse to take the government at their word, since they've betrayed my trust over the bank bondholders.
s99bf0c8 3 months ago
Search in youtube for
"Shell Oil The Awful Truth"
It's an eye opener for all those who support Shell
In the last 50 years they've spilt almost a BILLION barrels of oil
in one of the worlds great wonders, the Niger Delta.
I Wonder what's going to happen to Shell "when" they have their first
little spill in Ireland.
MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
disgrace
mcgarry098 3 months ago
I have worked for shell in NIgeria mate,i am well aware of their actions.
Google A story of state and corporate corruption shell to sea.
This isnt about shell,this is about statoil and Norway,if this was done is Norway it would have been fecking finished years ago.
Staoil is not waiting for Irelands Fuck ups,they want the job done.
seawolf1451 3 months ago
@seawolf1451
"they want the job done" at any cost.
So you worked for them and in Nigeria too interesting..
I'm sure your a model employee being "aware of their actions" as you say, in all
a very sanitising turn of phrase almost managerial speak you might say.
Have you been a manager or a consultant for shell?
While 70% of Niger delta doesn't have access to unpolluted
drinking water how on earth can you still defend your past or is it present pay masters.
MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
@MrIrishBilly NO i was captain on a offshore boat in Nigeria,working for Shell.
And still we are talking about Shell,we are talking about Statoil and Norway arent we???
Why did Statoil pull out i wonder?
Well ill tell you why,they where tired of waiting for something to happen.
It hasnt been anything but a disaster since the project started,so i am not surprised!!!
seawolf1451 3 months ago
@seawolf1451
Your boat wasn't a tanker was it and you ever clean out the tanks dregs into the sea
Do you reckon the tankers coming to Ireland to collect the oil will wait till the get to open sea
to clean theirs or is that something the Irish coastline has to look forward too?
This is a serious question/concern if you could answer it as I almost trust the blatant frankness
of your answers.
Thanks
Bill
MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
@MrIrishBilly No Mate
It wasnt a Tanker,it was a offshore boat,AHTS,Anchorhandling Tug and Supplyvessel.
And you are not allowed to let out the remains at sea after cleaning acoording to international regulations.
It has to be pumped into a sloptank and delivered to shore on next portcall.
If someone breaks these rules, the company who owns the tanker has to face some severe penalties.
I understand your concern,but thats some of the price you have to pay when dealing with oil. and gas
seawolf1451 3 months ago
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@seawolf1451
"I understand your concern,but thats some of the price you have to pay when dealing with oil. and gas"
Am i understanding you right?
So that's confirmation from someone who has experience in the industry that this practice of dumping sludge / dregs from cleaned out tankers happens and is bound happen to at some stage in Irish waters.
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MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
@MrIrishBillyits a risky business to be a farmer too.I am sure they pollute quite a bit too.
But i am not going to discuss this with someone who doesnt have a clue.
seawolf1451 6 days ago
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MrIrishBilly 6 days ago
@seawolf1451
Thanks for your previous honesty about the fact you work for Shell and that they'll more than likely be flushing dregs from the oil tankers into Irish waters as per normal working practice.
Funnily enough farmers that do pollute do so with by-products from the Oil sector.
It sounds like this oil find will be a curse on Ireland.
MrIrishBilly 6 days ago
@MrIrishBilly I dont work for shell,my company was on charter for Shell,big difference..
Thats how most tankers work as well,they are on timecharter.
But not easy to now if you dont know what you are talking about.
And most products around us are basically allmade directly or indirectly from the oilindustry.
Another thing that enoys me is,i wonder if this video would have been made if it was BP,and not statoil that was involved.
seawolf1451 2 days ago
Due to not being able to put link in Youtube just do this for me, go to Google
and search for two things
"shell kills in nigia the guardian"
Go to the second link down for the guardian news paper.
Then search in google for this
"Shell must pay $1bn"
These are only two of the hundreds of thousands of links to dirty dealings
about shell. If you still want to defend Shell after reading these links then people should be asking why and what's your personal interest in defending shell.
MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
@MrIrishBilly
Here's an excerpt "Shell's own managers, also alleges that government forces hired by Shell perpetrated atrocities against local civilians, including unlawful killings and systematic torture."
MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
How the fuck do you expect Ireland to extract any oil when you cant even get a gaspipe installed in the west?????????
No wonder Statoil pulled out of that project.
They said its easier to get a pipeline done in a third world country than in Ireland.
So good luck
seawolf1451 3 months ago
@seawolf1451
That's right third world countries don't tend to care about the environment
and they're pretty handy at corruption too which all sits quite nicely with
most Oil Companies.
MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
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@MrIrishBilly Well you have cared long enough now havent you????
And Ireland isnt corrupted,not at all????
seawolf1451 3 months ago
@MultiFlash1988 but the oil has still already been dug up! So what more damage is there to be done when its already dug up? Its just been dug up without us getting any money from it! In otherwards its been dug up by other oil companies and we get nothing out of it! I dont think you really understand the whole thing to be honest.
piddyirishman 3 months ago
Did some people not really watch this as in the video it says there's an estimated
540 Billion Euros worth there now. So what's this crap about the big risk shells taking for the Irish people. You don't work for shell do you?
MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
Without attracting investment in the drilling there is no oil production and no income for Ireland. Once production has become established risks and costs fall and the government can raise the tax rates exactly like the UK government did recently.
sammu7777 3 months ago
@sammu7777
Did some people not really watch this as in the video it says there's an estimated
540 Billion Euros worth there now. So what's this crap about the big risk shells taking for the Irish people.
MrIrishBilly 3 months ago
@MrIrishBilly
Emphasis on the "estimated". It still has to be found and commercially produced. It's not like going out into the Atlantic in a dinghy with a net and scooping up 500 Euro notes wherever you go!?!
sammu7777 3 months ago
This is a very one sided view of the situation. You can hardly read the small print at 7.11, and even that doesn't mention that larger fields are taxed at 40%. There have been over 150 wells drilled in Irish waters but so far no commercial oil production. It remains a high risk high cost region to drill in. To attract oil companies to take this risk better tax terms are needed - and Ireland have these terms, which are now attracting investment in further drilling.
sammu7777 3 months ago
I think its a fantastic idea to tax the oil companies. Why fear losing the business if we are not benefiting from them anyway. I think the Norwegian idea is fantastic we should go for it!
johnjoeM2 4 months ago
Search Irish Resources on the petition site dot com - sign!!
Cabria 4 months ago
And how does Ireland plan to bring this oil up?????
seawolf1451 4 months ago
dont forget the water too
cucueire 4 months ago
Come on ffs Ireland let's sort this shit out
Thelrishman 4 months ago 8
@Thelrishman How? Our government has already sold us down the fuckin' river. :-/
streatcarp 1 month ago
Thank you Fianna Fail and I wonder how much you pocketed to arrange this state of affairs. Another example of the treason and treachery carried out on the Irish people. As with most contracts our politicians of all hues are incapable or unwilling to revisit them so that a just cost cannot be applied. The same applies to the civil service and banker fat cats salaries. Not one banker or politician will be held accountable in Ireland for wrong doing.
mollyisagooddog 4 months ago
Wow, that was some load of shit.
Here's a tip: You lose credibility when you lie (Irish people get nothing? What? We get 40% of the profits) and ask leading questions ("What would you say if you heard that the Irish people gave away all their oil and gas reserves?" "Well I would say that that was bad.")
We do not have proven reserves and there is no need to create a state-owned oil company when you can just get a 3rd party to do it and skim their profits. Back to #occupydamestreet with you.
spacetweek 4 months ago
@spacetweek are you sure about this?
glowpunk 4 months ago
We have geologists, engineers, laborers and entrepeneurs in abundance. If you belive the government when thgey say that we don't have the money or resources to drill, then fool on you..., and fool on your kids.
Wake up morons. Stop bending over for the IMF.
You're having the piss taken out of yis
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macco66 4 months ago
Excellent video, but there is a typo at 7:00 (denands) . Just thought you should know for professionalism's sake.
Keep up the good work! It's despicable that the government was so myopic to agree to this sort of contract. Is it too late though to do anything about the terms?
kopperspock 4 months ago
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that makes my blood boil.
phonejacker2010 4 months ago
Have a read of the journal.ie's column: For now, Ireland’s oil reserves are best off in private hands. A read of it highlights what this video fails to. A balanced arguement is a far better one.
brendankilkenny 4 months ago
ITS AS SIMPLE AS THIS MY FRIENDS!!!
Norway: “In Norway we had a rather intense discussion on this subject some 20 years ago, and the conclusion was that
drinking water should not be fluoridated.” (Truls Krogh & Toril Hofshagen, Folkehelsa Statens institutt for
folkeheise (National Institute of Public Health) Oslo, Norway, March 1, 2000).
soar1111 4 months ago
@soar1111
In the Republic of Ireland, fluoridation was legislated in 1960, and after a constitutional challenge the two major cities of Dublin and Cork began it in 1964 fluoridation became required for all sizeable public water systems
soar1111 4 months ago
@soar1111 Can we leave the whole fluoridation business for another video. This is about Oil and Gas and not conspiracy theories.
johnmacward 4 months ago
@johnmacward SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU IMBECILE, the problem is not the oil and gas, its because the irish nation is drinking from the most heavily fluoridated water in the world, were dumbed down beyond belief! Ireland, Basque, Palestine, or any other nation of trouble makers (Freedom fighters). you don't see progressive euro nations drinking fluoridated water thats for sure!, conceived by Hitlers scientists as a way of keep the jews docile / dumb! in prison / concentration camps...
soar1111 4 months ago
@soar1111 its hard to believe people are still so asleep about this poison they drink on a daily basis. Israeli soldiers carry reverse osmosis kits so that if they do get stuck inside Palestine they have the kits to remove fluoride form the water, they know how poisonous this stuff is, they wont even drink it for a short period. this is not conspiracy theory John, its CONSPIRACY FACT!!! ------------- NOW WAKE UP TO IT YOU DUMMIE!!! The Irish nation is zombified so much its hard to believe really
soar1111 4 months ago
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soar1111 4 months ago
@johnmacward i mean read some of the comments on here, ah do ba wa ah we have no oil and gas our government told us so!! and the oil company's told them so its true, ye ba wa oh what time is Britain's Got Talent on?? any more fluoride gong around i think im WAKING UP, ill just go and brush my teeth with some mmmmm mmmm mmmm delicious fluoride made here in Ireland, Fiacla toothpaste great for IMBECILES who want to graduate into the IDIOT class. try some.. mmmmmmmm !! ... YOU FOOL!!
soar1111 4 months ago
@soar1111 You really come across as a person of calm and reason, hence highly believable.
I'm being fucking sarcastic.
johnmacward 4 months ago
@johnmacward did you have your fill of fluoride today you moron?!
soar1111 4 months ago
Fluoridation is not a conspiracy theory read the articles on the National Health Federation which is a world wide organization who tested the water in Ireland and proved the water had to much fluoride. There are hugh side effects from fluoride, look at the back of any toothpaste, children under a certain age use a small piece of paste and if you cosume to much consult a doctor or dentist, that because its so f***ing bad for you. It could actually kill a small child if it took to much.
paulcmusik 4 months ago 9
@paulcmusik "It could actually kill a small child if it took to much."
This could be said about anything. It's a stupid statement.
That's the definition of "too much" you moron.
GrittyMcCheese 1 month ago
Can you read, i said a small piece and too much would be a couple of mouth fulls, how could you say its the same with anything and its a stupid statement. That goes to show you know nothing about fluoride or how it came about do your homework and i mean do your homework and then you can call me a moron. Sorry but i did not call you anything, you must be a moron in today's world of having an opinion. Anyway keep it real
paulcmusik 1 month ago
@paulcmusik Too much water can kill a person. Too much oxygen can kill a person.
It's stupid because it's obvious and redundant. Too much ANYTHING can kill you... because it's too much... That's "how I could say it's the same with anything", because it is.
And I have a degree in biochemistry and have read plenty of papers on the subject so I know exaclty how dangerous flouride can be.
You aren't a moron for having an opinion. You're a moron for saying "too much X can kill someone". You moron.
GrittyMcCheese 1 month ago
Ah when the oil runs out...
workwithnature 4 months ago
What kind of muppet disliked this video?
iamfairlylegendary 4 months ago
@iamfairlylegendary Statoil
sellout87 4 months ago
three letters..OIL
greenbuffme 4 months ago
I have spread the word as much as I can, have you set up a Twitter account? A good way to spread the word to a large number of people & quickly too. Great work, you should be proud, thank you for bringing this to light!
katiegorgomorgo 4 months ago
@katiegorgomorgo Haha they didn't exactly bring it to light but they have done a good job of spreading awareness! Let's hope it works!
AmiiisME 4 months ago
sorry lads but you're waaayyyy off the mark. I hate the Irish Government but the deal they've made is as good as they would ever got. Basically Ireland doesn't have to the same extent as Norway the natural resources. If you want me to explain it I could but it's long and complicated.
Jack63815101 4 months ago
@Jack63815101 Sorry pal, but you can't just say 'it's long and complicated' and then disappear. You'll have to explain your position or else or point of view ain't worth a thing.
macco66 4 months ago
Operation Ore ...utube this ! See what there hiding ! Shocking .
canadastreetmedia 4 months ago
We'd be sniggering if this was the Congo or Costa Rica giving away their oil..well I'm afraid we're the stupid cunts..lap that up
dagnut 4 months ago
The norwegians are beautiful !!
MrCrayEgg 4 months ago
TIME TO REVOLT
TAKE TO THE STREETS PEOPLE
gixer111 4 months ago 2
Just tax the shit out of the oil companies working in Irish territory. Simple. They do the work, your government gets the money.
ojanio 4 months ago
extraction of oil off Ireland is no different from extraction off Norway's coast, we have been hood winked into believing it is in places that's impossible to work and expensive to drill / setup rigs, its all BS, they are fining fields, capping them and moving on, it could be the biggest oil / gas field in the world, who's to say they are not robbing it by tankers under our noses!! 3:10 what he says will happen very soon once people see what our own did with our future!!! Disgusting Bastards!
ravetunes 5 months ago 7
How many millions of dollars worth of oil have the oil companies stole from Ireland to date? If we are giving away all our oil for free then why aren't there dozens of oil rigs off our coast?
Linick 5 months ago
This needs to be viewed by as many people as possible...we are, like the Norwegians pointed out lazy...why do the Irish continually accept being treated like crap????
Donnsie 5 months ago
@Donnsie Because our water supply is fluoridated & it destroys resistance to domination.The Nazis used it in the concentration camps in WW2 in order to dumb down the prisoners & wear down their resistance.Ireland for centuries had a fighting spirit which is why we have been so heavily targeted.Its not in our water by accident.I can assure you of that.
UndefeatedArmy09 5 months ago 6
@UndefeatedArmy09 Heard of a well????
seawolf1451 3 months ago
@seawolf1451 Unfortunately not everyone has easy access to one.
UndefeatedArmy09 3 months ago
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Ireland can still renege on this IMF bullshit. We are being collectively shafted by the banking elite. WE CAN NEVER PAY THIS LOAN OFF. WE WILL BE KEPT IN PERPETUAL POVERTY.
Economic hitman have assassinated Ireland's resources, selling them off to 'superpowers'. Central and South America and most of Asia and even Africa have all under gone this. A select few control the majority of wealth/resources.
If we don't act we will always be under the proverbial boot heel. We don't need government.
louthleviathan 5 months ago
Ireland can still renege on this IMF bullshit. We are being collectively shafted by the banking elite. WE CAN NEVER PAY THIS LOAN OFF. WE WILL BE KEPT IN PERPETUAL POVERTY.
Economic hitman have assassinated Ireland's resources, selling them off to 'superpowers'. Central and South America and most of Asia and even Africa have all under gone this. A select few control the majority of wealth/resources.
If we don't act we will always be under the proverbial boot heel. We don't need government.
louthleviathan 5 months ago
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To say that the cost of extraction of this oil and gas is "too expensive" is a void argument. It's defeatist, negative and counter-productive. If you're not part of the solution...bugger off.
Ireland so badly needs to find its spirit again. There are thousands of skilled professionals fleeing the country because every generation we elect a shower of morons who fuck up so much it pushes a valuable section of the community away. It's happened before and they did it again.
louthleviathan 5 months ago
To say that the cost of extraction of this oil and gas is "too expensive" is a void argument. It's defeatist, negative and counter-productive. If you're not part of the solution...bugger off.
Ireland so badly needs to find its spirit again. There are thousands of skilled professionals fleeing the country because every generation we elect a shower of morons who fuck up so much it pushes a valuable section of the community away. It's happened before and they did it again.
louthleviathan 5 months ago
This is the most shameful situation that a modern country has ever found itself in. here we are in ireland stuggling to get by, and a Government Minister, another Fianna Fail gennius, ray Burke, decides that it would be a good idea to give what little resources we have away to one of the richest countries in the world. Sickening is the only expression that fits. But here's a question, was it not illegal for him to do this without a referendum?, I was under the impression it was unconstitutional
nutrocker62 5 months ago
@nutrocker62 Here's article 10.1 of the Irish Constitution:
1. All natural resources, including the air and all forms of potential energy, within the jurisdiction of the Parliament and Government established by this Constitution and all royalties and franchises within that jurisdiction belong to the State subject to all estates and interests therein for the time being lawfully vested in any person or body.
So did Ray Burke have authority to give it away? I don't think so!
macco66 5 months ago
I'm watching this in China... as I bailed on Ireland almost 2 years ago... I knew a little about this, and still don't really understand how or why we would just give it away... I mean, we must, or someone must have gotten something? I believe it was Ray Burke... Why though... Can we not get this back?
It's pretty baffling... Good film, well done for bringing this to 23,620 peoples attention.
beardboy 5 months ago
.everyone, post .this video to Pat Rabbitte minister for energy and natural resources and everyone else in the Country.
tnsradioireland 5 months ago
@tnsradioireland Done. Voiced my concerns and directed Rabbitte (or whoever reads my email) to this vid and the myoilandgas website. Will post a response if I get one.
macco66 5 months ago
macco66 5 months ago
Your the voice !
DaTranceKing 5 months ago
@DaTranceKing ..It's YOU'RE. Learn to spell please.
roddyrodrodrod 5 months ago
i think the irish government is trying to comit suicide
WeedSeedsIreland 5 months ago
.....OUR RESOURCES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE REGION OF........5 trillion dollars WAY BACK IN 1974.
IMAGINE WHAT IT'S WORTH TODAY?
sovereignirish 5 months ago
+If they just said you big oil companies spend 100s of mills digging up oil on a contract to pump it and when you're done we tell you to clear off, you find that not only do the courts prevent rip offs, but the infrastructure, the machines to suck the stuff up... What you think Dublin council has rigs or we can just MacGuyver one up? It's some of the hardest to access in the world. Maybe they should raise the tax and license fees. ALL OF THE REST IS SHITE so protest for something real. Go vegan.
RTGROY 5 months ago
There is lots of shite on this page. Google up Irish oil and find out yourself, from various sources, how it works from start to finish and, who is involved and how. No company owns rights to all our oil. Our tax rate ranges from the second lowest in the world for smaller finds, to roughly half the highest world rate for larger finds. Licensing fees are also too low. The oil does not leap out. If people won't get angry until you tell them lies, they aren't fucking worth it. Did you get that bit?
RTGROY 5 months ago
I say let them drill to find it.
If they do find it and start pumping...then we just say .....eh no, bit of a misunderstanding, anyway heres your expenses and a tip. no hard feelings.
we'll take it from here.
what then - a bad rep. so what, fuck you we're rich, so long flanders.
HLecterPHD 5 months ago
Charlie Haughey and the government back then had absolutely no right or entitlement to sell off a natural resource that belongs to the people of Ireland.
What is needed now is a revolution to rid Ireland of its corrupt politicians and civil servants.!!!
ksynnott322 5 months ago 3
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Why would Ireland give away its natural resources?
Because Ireland is a stupid,corrupt,inept,grubby little gombeen nation run by craven idiots and cute-hoors who are easily bribed & bought.
Ireland is technically in Europe but really we are just an open air lunatic asylum full of alcoholics & paedophile priests in the Atlantic Ocean.
Last year Shell made €20 billion in profit (profit,not revenue,profit) and this is achieved by implementing ruthless policies which enrich a small global elite.
WilliamJLynch 5 months ago
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WilliamJLynch 5 months ago
People of Ireland start a revolution!
Michiel1972 5 months ago
This video is a little bit ill informed and very misleading. Ireland doesn't have the capacity to go drilling for oil and gas and the success rate is very low for every rig that is built. That's why we get other companies who have the reserves to look for resources that otherwise would just lay unused.
fineganj 5 months ago
@fineganj Let private companies with the expertise drill it and then tax them heavily for the privilege or set up a semi state body like stat oil and learn how to do it, we have the brains and the man power just not the foresight. The Norwegians weren't born exploring oil, they had to start somewhere. It's exactly this negative apathetic attitude that has us in the shit we're in. Irish are a herd of bloody sheep.....
Freidlon7 5 months ago 2
Irish People have the SOVEREIGN Right to demand a copy of the fraudulent contract between the Irish (Provisional Govt.established under the Crown via the Oireachtas in 1922 by King George v) and the Rockefellers/shell/bp etc. in 1974. Ireland became 'Sovereign Republic' in 1919. This Crown Govt. transfered it into a STATE, part of an ...estate under the Crown with BAR Courts (british accredited registry). Register your Letters to Pat Rabbitte minister for Natural resources.
sovereignirish 5 months ago
A great film the anger that i felt whyle i watch it i have not felt in a long time who has the right to give away a nations resourse .Norway seem to have a society that cares for one another and not a country that trys to screw you every chance they get .Can it be got back because this look like a massive fraud from where im sitting
kjp68 5 months ago
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A great film the anger that i felt whyle i watch it i have not felt in a long time who has the right to give away a nations resourse .Norway seem to have a society that cares for one another and not a country that trys to screw you every chance they get .Can it be got back because this look like a massive fraud from where im sitting
kjp68 5 months ago
A great film the anger that i felt whyle i watch it i have not felt in a long time who has the right to give away a nations resourse .Norway seem to have a society that cares for one another and not a country that trys to screw you every chance they get .Can it be got back because this look like a massive fraud from where im sitting
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usagoodbyeisayhello 5 months ago
I'm an American whose ancestors fled Ireland due to famine, and Norway (Telemark) due to severe poverty. One major difference between the Irish and the Norwegians is Ireland's mafia, which stared well over 100 yrs. ago, here in the US. The same mafia attitude is prevelant today in Ireland, in the political class. As far as war in Ireland is concerned, I wouldn't rule it out. Forced immigration and the economy will be the catalyst.
usagoodbyeisayhello 5 months ago
@usagoodbyeisayhello I wish you were right bud. Unfortunately as a nation, we're far too apathetic and unwilling to rock the boat and stage a fight. We're scared to think of what the neighbours might think about us if we were seen to be protesting. Isn't that sad!?
Celtic pride has become financial and corporate subservience. I hope I'm wrong.
macco66 5 months ago 3
@macco66 A wise men once stated: "When people lose everything, the lose it!". What worries me the most about Ireland is that too many will leave once the going gets really tough. Here in the states, many a middle class family have lost their homes, and are forced to live in their cars...high school gyms etc. This is only increasing, and people are becoming angry. Unlike the Irish, we don't find it so easy to just up and leave. I hope more Irish stick around and fight for what is theirs.
usagoodbyeisayhello 5 months ago
All we have to do is rip up Ray Burke's late-80s Rip-Off-The-People agreements with companies like Shell and Statoil. Our gas and oil is funding Norwegian hospitals and schools when it should be funding OUR hospitals and schools. Pklus, we need a state energy company like Statoil ... could be called Éiroil or something. Our declaration of independence says that ownership of Ireland belongs to the people of Ireland. Let's take ownership of our resources back from $hell
leizuoer 5 months ago
I hate the irish government can't stand them. I'm not sure on the whole situation but I do know this we should at least try and get our resources back
100lukazade 5 months ago
where are you getting 0% percent tax rate from?
emmetmartin 5 months ago
@emmetmartin That;s the tax rate that foreign energy companies pay to extract OUR resources .... they pay nothing, have been paying nothing since 1987 .... then they sell OUR oil and gas back to us for a huge profit. It's sickening. As a citizen, I consider these resources to be stolen property. Our government just bends over and sucks $h€ll's dick.
leizuoer 5 months ago
@leizuoer that's completely incorrect though, the companies are charged between 25% - 40% depending on the size of the field. Please check tax law before stating such as fact. Also the tax rate in Norway is 78% not 90%
emmetmartin 5 months ago 2
As a side note. To pay one month rent in pretty nice appartment in US (Las Vegas exactly) you have to work 2 DAYS!
Here I have to work over a week!
mikelo303 5 months ago
Ireland need to get the hell out of the euro also
liamhills 5 months ago
....I am ashamed to say, most of my fellow Irish are psychologically subjugated / medicated ( Water) by their masters and will continue to moan, complain, grovel , beg , emigrate, live on their knees ............STARVE...........rather than DO anything.
sovereignirish 5 months ago 17
@sovereignirish
Water... WHy I do not drink it anymore from tap? Simple. I bought chive. I've put it into glass of water. Next day half of it died. Went yellow and and ugly (i did it few times). Now I have new chive and I did not put it into tap water. 3 days. Nothing. Go figure!
Irish tap water = Chemistry
mikelo303 5 months ago
@sovereignirish @Myoilandgas And what is it, exactly, the "Irish people" are to do?
QwoPhasaArius 5 months ago
@sovereignirish @Myoilandgas And what is it, exactly, the "Irish people" are to do?
QwoPhasaArius 5 months ago
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@sovereignirish @Myoilandgas And what is it the "Irish people" are to do?
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@sovereignirish @Myoilandgas And what is it the "Irish people" are to do?
QwoPhasaArius 5 months ago
@sovereignirish round my way we just call em lazy gimps who are happy to stay on the dole for the rest of their lives
morninglory112 4 months ago
@sovereignirish are you talking about the flouride in the water?
glowpunk 4 months ago
The government is now trying to sell off Coillte, our national forestry company which had a turnover of 318 million euros for 2007. I'm sure it will go to some French or German bank. Now we see what this recession was really about.
Devilock79 5 months ago 3
Think a lot of people think the only way of us making money off our oil is to find it and drill ourselves... that doesn't need to be done, it would be great if we could but millions could be made from taxing the oil companies that are already taking oil from this country, thats how Britain is making there profits from oil, tax the oil companies not the people....
albrennan25 5 months ago
I support this all the way.....! Good work !! And Fuck the naysayers!
MythicShot 5 months ago
anyone know the name of the song at the end?
0340243 5 months ago
There is no such thing as NATURAL RESOURCES. Every drop of oil and gas belongs TO THE EARTH and we cannot, as a race, continue to intravenously drain the life-blood of the planet without serious consequences, whether that life-blood be under Ireland, Norway or Jamaica. IT NEVER HAS, NEVER WILL AND NEVER CAN BELONG TO ANYONE. . . . . We are fighting over who gets to suck the blood of our mother while she dies a slow death because of it. . . How pathetic. .
TheDiceMan6 5 months ago 2
@TheDiceMan6 You have internet in your tree!
MURRAY9714 5 months ago
@MURRAY9714 you asking or telling me? but again i will repeat the point to my comment. "we cannot, as a race, continue to intravenously drain the life-blood of the planet without serious consequences". am i wrong? I am not denying that oil and gas are useful or that i do not benefit from such products, so please, leave the internet out of it. thank you.
TheDiceMan6 5 months ago
Really great stuff, spread the word and share the video!
eoindmmusic 5 months ago
Good luck with this. And beware of those that try to undermine your figures and your confidence with their own negativity or vested interests. Go your own way and take control of your own resources for your own people.
richard251062 5 months ago
Ireland continues to be the teardrop of the world
irish655 5 months ago
Its a well-made video, but now isn't relevant. The figures you are quoting are "potentially" what we have, the cost of extracting these resources come at a huge cost, and the fact companies drill and spend millions with no guarantee of a find. Norway and Great Britain have way more successful rates of finds than in Ireland, and so Ireland is obviously not the best option, only when reserves are low elsewhere. Plus now we have no capital to invest in this industry or another semi-state company.
beatman911 5 months ago
The oil company’s expenses can be reclaimed under the current terms, therefore Ireland IS in fact funding the exploration and extraction – They front the money but ultimately the Irish pay for it. See the contract terms on the website.
Norway offered Ireland help to extract its resources many years ago. Collaboration with those who have the capital and expertise is not only likely but far more profitable for the Irish people. Look up comments by former Energy Minister Justin Keating
Myoilandgas 5 months ago 8
@Myoilandgas The simple fact is it's government giveaway by parties aligned with big business interests, it's happened everywhere in the world including the developed countries. The UK basically own NONE of their public infrastructure post Thatcher era. The question is "Why would a state give all this up" - the state isn't run by rational people looking out for the interests of the general population. I think we all understand this at this late stage.
johnmacward 4 months ago
Regarding "potential"
“The Dooish prospect off the Donegal coast was drilled by Shell and confirmed the presence of a substantial gas condensate” reference: SIPTU document on our website
There are references to at least 8 other confirmed finds in the official literature
Please don’t tow the line for big Oil – on one hand they lobby that there is no oil & ga