Explorer reports a €24.1m loss for 2015, as against a €11.5m loss a year earlier

Move follows ‘unforeseen’ changes to joint venture

Petroceltic head faces down bid to oust him

Partners in licence understood to have also relinquished holdings

Ten consortia seek full permits

Move a setback for hopes of new wave of oil and gas exploration in Irish waters

Last week, the German newspaper ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’ published an article about the ‘conning’ of Ireland – over several decades – by its political masters. We talk to the writer, reprint the article and add some footnotes of our own

Pipes that import 90% of gas used here not designed to allow exports to Britain