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Liam - I don't see what the point of bringing Nigerian law into this proves.
Shell will provide hundreds of construction jobs during this project. Will be some permanent jobs aftre this is build too. Shell will pay Corporation tax on profits & PRSI for the employees. The employees will pay PAYE & PRSI into the state coffers. We always hear about too many jobs centred around Dublin & lack of jobs in the West - surely this is adding many well paying jobs to a rural area. I have not even mentioned the jobs provided during the exploration state of this project.
Do fishermen pay the state for the fish the "steal" from the irish nation? Surely we as a Nation own the sea around us collectively?
AFAIK the sea around Ireland is quiet expensive to explore & the oil/gas expensive to extract. If the state taxed this heavily no one would carry out this work.
I see no widespread support for the Corrib protestors. By their definition they are therefore undemocratic as they are resisting the will of the majority. If a law is clearly unjust then surely the majority would want to change it?
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