With reference to one example you have studied, examine how conflicts may develop between local and global interests where economic and environmental issues are concerned

CORRIB GAS FIELD Enterprise Energy Ireland discovered the Corrib Gas field, located 75 km off the coast of Co.Mayo in 1996 The sea is 349m deep at that location while the gas deposit is a further 3,000m below Shell is the main company developing this field

LOCAL  A number of individuals and groups objected to Bord Pleanala when Mayo Co Council granted planning permission for the building of a facility to ‘clean’ the gas in a terminal at Bellanaboy  In May 2003 the appeal was accepted  The main reason for refusing the permission was the unsuitable nature of the site on which peat stripped from the terminal would be stored

GLOBAL Shell is a world wide group of oil, gas and petrochemical companies Shell regards the project as one of the most exciting and ambitious engineering projects ever undertaken in Ireland The world needs new supplies of oil and gas

CONFLICT Some locals object to the project and are against Shell. They repeatedly protest and demonstrate against Shell 5 people went to jail for contempt because they didn’t want the terminal. Some locals want the project

ECONOMIC The building of the terminal will create 500 jobs in construction and 50 permanent jobs Investment will be attracted to the area, creating more jobs It will reduce emigration Services will improve It will provide native gas for the country as the Kinsale Gas Field is depleted

ECONOMIC The terminal that Shell wants to build is the cheapest option---695m instead of 1,056m A spur line from the national gas grid would only have to be extended from Galway to the area if the gas terminal was built The Bellacorick Power Station, which closed in 2005, could be converted to gas The gas pipeline network would benefit many urban areas of the West