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dublin | anti-capitalism | event notice Saturday July 22, 2006 12:43 by Clr Tony McDermott - Green party

Rossport5 lecture 24th July Griffith College Dublin

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Sponsored by Cllr. Tony McDermott
Green Party General Election Candidate
Dublin South Central

Public Lecture
Micheál Ó’Seighin
of the Rossport 5

“The Great Oil and Gas Giveaway”
The facts on how Fianna Fáil gave away our natural resources

In the Main Administration Building

Griffith College
South Circular Road, Dublin 8 (Near the National Stadium)
8.00PM, Next Monday - July 24th

Most oil and gas producing countries keep at least half of the money obtained from the oil and gas extracted from their territories.
Some levy a lot more. Countries such as Venezuela spend this money on improving the health and education services for their citizens.

We get nothing - the oil and gas companies get to keep the lot ! The well-head price for natural gas is currently around €7.00 per thousand cubic feet. Ireland’s gas reserves are estimated at 1.2 trillion cubic feet. That is €8.2 billion worth of gas, and Fianna Fáil have given away our share - worth at least €4.1 billion. This money should have been kept to build hospitals and schools. And this is only one example of our Government’s bungling and incompetence.

Micheál Ó’Seighin is a great speaker and natural leader. This time last year he spent 94 days in jail for highlighting the injustices inflicted on the local communities in West Mayo.