RiiDDiiM (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The environment is simply not a valid reason not to extract present oil and gas reserves, every country should be as self-sufficient as possible, rather than relying so heavily on countries such as Russia and Norway for energy demands.

tarafoundation (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The video only scratches the surface of Shell's "tried and tested" track record of gas extraction in Nigeria. Their railroading of the people of Mayo is another example in Shell's long history of "dealing" with indigenous people.

RiiDDiiM (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It's pathetic and shows what Ireland is all about, the way people are carrying on about a tried and tested means of gas extraction validates my point further.

oliversinhell (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thats because most of the people in mayo are thick cunts !!!! I live in the rest of Ireland , and i'm not too happy about buying my own gas at top international prices !!!!!!

fignon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Most of the people in Mayo + Ireland are in favor of this, its the tail wagging the dog,

henzoni (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

When are things like this going to end in this country...??? ae are we going to have another civil war before the muppets in dail eireann actully listen to the people..? if the people of rossport come to dubin to protest,there is one Dub here who will be proud to stand beside them..also i will never buy another shell product or use any of their petrol stations again.... we should boycott(we invented the term) Shell like the people of Liverpool did with the sun newspaper after hillsborough......

PILGARLIC42 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Resistance will win......Fuck shell.

remimartins (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

all ihave to say is fcuk shell,anywhere in the world they go to has always been pain to the poeple where they do biz why?why cant they be stoped ?cos the court u have to take them to finally is owned by them the hague in holland

mibth (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

frist of all it is 12.5%, second the Government are able to make companies exempt from tax, many of the the multi nationals setup in Ireland because the Government gave them 5 to 10 years tax breaks.

tarafoundation (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Actually, it was reduced to 12.5% in the 2001 budget which is practically nothing. Compare that to Norway, where there is a 78% tax rate and 7% royalty rate.