Before even thinking of looking for more oil we first need to improve the deal regarding the states share in income accrued from oil discovery. Then I think we’d be better off looking to our atlantic waters where the sites would be a lot further from the coast than this Irish sea site is from Dalkey. The coastal area between Skerries and Dalkey is used leisurely by a lot of people all around Dublin.

“Porpoise densities” you are having a laugh, could we not just be honest and say the people of leafy Dalkey don’t want some great big oil rig spoiling their view.

It was the oil company that chose the name Dalkey perhaps to invoke the “leafy Dalkey” reactions.

So please stop working for the Oil company and drop the word Dalkey out of the equation, the immediate area effected is Dublin Bay & South Wicklow.

The truth is that environmentally it is an issue that effects firstly the entire Dublin / Wicklow coast. In particular Dublin Bay which could be destroyed from an oil leak within 2 hours, due to the fact that the rig is in shallow waters only 4 miles from the shore. No matter where you are in the country Dublin is your city too and its your capital. If this is allowed to happen here then it could happen anywhere, if you take the capital then everything else is a lot easier.

The jack up rigs are also much more dangerous than the conventional rigs especially in such shallow waters within 4 miles of the shore. In addition the Irish coastguard is responsible for any clean-up both logistically and financially. We don’t have the right equipment or resources.

Also there would be many people in Dublin that would protest against a rig going anywhere on our coast at such a close proximity, this is the first example. So please people outside Dublin get informed about what is happening in Dublin and people in Dublin please get informed about what is happening elsewhere in particular Mayo, where the media has not been getting the correct picture to us.

Financially its an issue that effects the entire country, we have the worst arrangement with oil companies in the world only second to Cameroon so we take a massive risk but gain next to nothing due to the low taxation of 25% and the right off scheme, in Norway the rate is above 75%. Also what would an oil leak in Dublin Bay do for our economy ?

Big risk & No Gain!

With regard to public consultation there was just 3 notices quietly placed in 3 Garda stations in January with only 21 working days notice to object. If the full licence was to go ahead you could see rigs anywhere between Howth and Greystones between 1 and 3 miles from the shore, that is just insane. So please again drop the word Dalkey its misinforming the public and playing into divisive strategy’s that an exploration company could exploit. At the very least call it Dublin Bay.

I think its time to stop pitting region against region its not healthy and its the kind of pattern than oil exploration companies like to nurture and exploit. We should nationally and together be demanding: 1 better public consultation/engagement, 2 proper environmental protection and 3 more favourable fiscal terms

Thank you !

Hilarious. Im wondering if a government minister tried to put a conservation order on the oil in mayo, i doubt it. These people should be given the same treatment that the government of this country gave the people of mayo. This oil should be taken ashore as soon as possible and get the money into ireland and get us out of the hole we are in asap.

The media when citing this story always make out it’s Dalkey NIMBY’s protesting but it’s actually an issue for everyone. A little research and you’ll find the whole thing stinks – apart from the serious environmental concerns, very little financial benifit will go beyond the big business who now own this former potential national resourse. A report from the journal.ie outlining some of the concerns, not for leafy Dalkey but for everyone would be appreciated in the name of ‘the public interest’.

Shouldn’t the IRISH coastline be designated an area of special conservation?

Despite the fact that these waters are a shipping lane, full of wildlife and the most populous coastline on the island…..it will never happen. Skerries and Dalkey? 1/2 the population of these areas are Ireland’s rich and famous, they’ll never let it happen.

yes Bob i did, but when your against the government, the prawn sandwich brigade and people who see no evil hear no evil when its not on your doorstep, its a losing battle as you will soon find out. I will watch this space with anticipation.

Fcuk the porpoise. We need the oil

Ryan, fair play with your info. Just goes to show, the political clout these residents have. So if there are protected areas in and around the shell pipeline in Mayo and it went ahead, there is a precedence in law, so jimmy denehan is wasting public money on this matter. Maybe Enda can nip this in the bud.

james wyse. Can you explain what am i discrediting? Who said i was against oil.