UNITED IRISHMAN AN tElREANNACH AONTAITHE DEIRE FOMHAIR (OCT.) 1977 Vol. 35 No. 10. lOp (30c) Monthly Newspaper of Sinn Fein The Workers'Party NATO SEES Dublin IRELAND Oil AS SOURCE Refinerv In January 1976 an appeal was heard against the refusal by Dublin Corporation to grant permission for development of storage and processing units for petroleum east FOR URANIUM of Pigeon House Power Station, Dublin. Little had been heard of the hunt for Ireland's potential uranium deposits until our country." Mr. Jimmy TuUy, Labour Party EEC Commissioner Richard Burke announced in September that "Uranium This is surely exciting news which Minister for Local Government in, prospecting in Ireland has produced very promising results." The Government had one would expect Minister for Energy the last government refused nothing to say on the subject. This was not their concern, This is entirely an EEC Mr. O'Malley would like to announce permission to build a very much enterprise. Under the Euratom Treaty any uranium found In member states shall be personally. On Sept. 13 O'Malley needed oil refinery In Dublin Port. 'community property'. addressed the National Science Sinn Fein The Workers' Party, Councils Conference on Energy The Dublin Council of Trade Unions, On May 27, 1976 Justin Keating of exploration" but they apparently Development. His only reference to The Building Unions and The Port quietly issued the first prospecting saw little risk In uranium exploration uranium was when he said " we are Unions said at that time that if a licence for thorium and uranium. It was because they took out a 20% stake in promoting substantial exploration refinery were not built the major Issued to Maugh Ltd. a subsidiary of a Maugh Ltd. programmes in respect of petroleum Anglo-American oil companies French exploration firm called But the expluratidn is not of course and uranium which are of great would stretch this country on the Minatome. It covered an area of 500 confined to the 26 county state. To the interest not only to us but to our fellow rack. square miles in what is known as the EEC Commission Ireland is one unit. members in the European Leinster Granite Belt stretching from The British Government have Issued Community." Co. Dublin through Wicklow to prospecting licences to Glencar Mr.O'Malley's lack of interest is due Carlow. Subsequently in 1976 a Exploration, a Dublin Based Company, to the fact that this is a community uranium prospecting licence was and Sabina, a Canadian firm. Both of project out of which we will get issued to Irish Base Metals, a these have an Interest in the Rennicks absolutely nothing. Under the Euratom subsidiary of IMorthgate Exploration, and Bennet property in Navan, They Treaty which the Government were The green light for uranium have selected the FIntona area of forced to sign before they joined the prospecting was given not by the Irish Tyrone for exploration and the work is EEC we will have no part whatever In Government but by the EEC being carried out on their behalf by mining, selling or refining any uranium Commission. MInarex Ltd. Minarex found 'uranium found. In fact we will also have no This year the Commission anomilles' in the Alllhies region of share in the use of it without announced that five times more West Cork while they were exploring permission of the Atomic Agency. money would be made available for for copper on behalf of Dennlson "•Any uranium found in member uranium exploration than last year. Mines. states shall be community property." Aquarter of this .money goes to Ireland, No reports had been issued on the We have given It away before it Is even the total being £471,000. Irish Base progress of all this exploration work found. Metals grant goes up to £139,000, until Mr. Burke made his dramatic This Treaty was drawn up during the Maugh Ltd. gets £52,000 and the announcement. Then Mr. P. J. Cold War, at the behest of the N.A.T.O. Geological Survey Office gets £32,000 O'Connor head of the national Command In which the leading, and for ground and air surveys. The Fianna Fall spokesman for Uranium Reconalssance Unit in the sometimes almost the sole voice, energy at the time — Mr. Silvester Other firms to which the Geological Survey Office confirmed is American. Uranium is vital war Barret — supported the Idea of government have recently granted that "although no uranium deposits material for mass destruction. Ireland building a refinery; he recognised licences are Dungannon Exploration have been found, the programme had is not a member of NATO. But how can that It was necessary to build an oil and Argosy Mining. On the 1st June discovered evidence of 'uranium we maintain any semblance of refinery. He now occupies Mr. Silvermines Ltd. announced that they showings' in the South East South, neutrality while supplying war material TuUy's former ministry — although were "getting out of the risky business West North West and East of the to the war lords of NATO? it Is now under a different name. Are Aquarius Securities Ltd. still interested — even at this late date — in building an oil refinery without • See page three See page five cost to state or port au^ortty in the FEATURES A Worker in a Betting Office form of grant or loan? Are they stlU 30,000 New Jobs From Fishing willing to pay a rent of £1 million a New Survey by Students Union of Speaks about Her Job year to the Dublin Port and Dock THIS University College, Galway. This is the third in a series of articles Board? where workers speak frankly about The major Anglo-American oil How Poor Are The Farmers their own jobs. companies and the "Community An Analysis of latest statistics. Councillors" lost Dublin and Ireland MONTH the chance to get cheaper petrol and cheaper gas. They lost Dublin at least 2,000 building jobs and 500 permanent jobs which would have come as a result of building the refinery. Will Mr. Silvester Barret urge the Government to build a State Oil Refinery In Dublin Port? j DEIRE FOMHAIR UNITED IRISHMAN Letters to the Editor An tEireannach Aontaithe MONTHLY NEWSPAPER OF SINN FEIN THE WORKERS' PARTY EXPERIMENT Dear Brothers and Sisters. for this country, and all the are the only ones speaking Despite a drop of 1,600 in the unemployed I was delighted to read of the Yes-men went out and voted against the EEC fishing our figures in the Six Counties there are still a protest against the neutron for It in the referendum. waters. If the EEC boats are record 67,219 people out of work. This *people-kiUer' bomb planned by Since then prices have gone up, not kept out, there will be no represents 12.6% of the work force as we the U.S.A.. and would and jobs have gone down, and fish left In a few years time, move into the period of highest seasonal congratulate Sinn Fein The now our fish-stocks are andwe will all suffer — the unemployment. The British Government has Workers' Party on organising threatened by our so-called working fishermen most of all. no clear plan for dealing with this disastrous the protest. partners In the EEC. When we read Tomas situation. As an article In this issue shows, Plans for this terrible new These people have fished MacGloUa's speech on the Britain looks to high emigration as a major weapon are currently being their own waters empty, and paper, it gave us new hope. solution to the North unemployment opposed not only by world now they want to come here Keep It up. problem. opinion, but here Inside the and rob our stocks as well. The We support the Fishermen's In Britain itself unemployment is also USA Itself. Many Senators and big owners will be alright here Union, the ITGWU. We want increasing at a time when the economy Congressmen have spoken out — they can put their money Into our fish-stocks kept out of the generally is daily reported to be recovering. against President Carter's something else, but my EEC, and not fished empty by The Stock Exchange shows boom conditions proposals for production of the husband Is a skilled fisherman, our own big owners either. On with the share Index reaching an all time high weapon, and the vast majority and he does not know any my husband's boat, they are and expected to reach the magical 600 figure of the people here want nothing other job. We do not trust the catching big and small fish, and by the end of the year. to do with It. IFO — they would take throwing back the small fish This reflects a growth in Business and a The most Important single compensation, and leave the dead. This Is a scandal, but growth in profits. But the Confederation of issue facing humanity Is the deck-hands with nothing. when my husband spoke British Industry and the Government keep Issue of peace — and on our Fianna Fall made a big noise against It, he was threatened hammering the Trade Union movement. attitudes to Peace could depend before the election about how with the sack. And no other While there is no restriction on profits they the survival of the human race. they would have a fifty-mile boat would take him if that are trying to prevent workers getting a rise of Plans for the neutron bomb, limit for Ireland. But now Brian happened. The big owners don't more than 10%.