Boycott Topaz!

daveyeh

That'll show 'em.

http://www.rte.ie/blogs/business/2014/05/06/what-is-obriens-motivation-to-put-cowen-on-topaz-board/


Don't mistake Topaz for Tapas. Which I like.

Cabaal

Hey there daveyeh, welcome to last week.....how's living in the past going for you?

Banjo String

But their Thai veg soup is lovely.

I'm not gonna boycott them. Stop trying to tell me what to do op. :mad:

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

But you get 25% more mpg.

BBJBIG

Yep - a good idea.
I never had any toime for Dinny O'Brien or his Gougers ...

The Backwards Man

Meh. If I boycotted every company that had a buffoon on its board I'd be dead inside a week.

Jester252

I'll use whatever filling station I want.

I Heart Internet

Yeah, that'll show the billionaire and the millionaire on a lovely pension who the real power brokers are OP. That'll show 'em.

daveyeh

Brilliant responses so far. Yer a funny set o'****ehawks. :pac:

Neil3030

No problem OP - consider them boycotted.

(as a non-driving emigrant, this hardly feels like much of a gesture though...)

aidoh

I would have assumed that Cowens placement on the Board of Topaz was a comfy payment for giving away our gas in the Corrib fields to different energy companies, the main one being Dutch Shell (who are now operating as Topaz in Ireland).
Funny how there's absolutely no mention of that in the article seeing as how he was Taoiseach at the time.

TimeToShine

The car I drive runs a lot better on Topaz petrol than it does on others though.

I Heart Internet

aidoh wrote: »

I would have assumed that Cowens placement on the Board of Topaz was a comfy payment for giving away our gas in the Corrib fields to different energy companies, the main one being Dutch Shell (who are now operating as Topaz in Ireland).
Funny how there's absolutely no mention of that in the article seeing as how he was Taoiseach at the time.

I don't even know where to begin telling you what's wrong with all of that statement.

Seriously, have you no google?

aidoh

I Heart Internet wrote: »

I don't even know where to begin telling you what's wrong with all of that statement.

Seriously, have you no google?

Go for it. I like to learn.

I Heart Internet

aidoh wrote: »

Go for it. I like to learn.

I would have assumed that Cowens placement on the Board of Topaz was a comfy payment for giving away our gas in the Corrib fields to different energy companies, the main one being Dutch Shell (who are now operating as Topaz in Ireland).
Funny how there's absolutely no mention of that in the article seeing as how he was Taoiseach at the time.

Shell do not own Topaz. Denis O'Brien does.

Brian Cowen was Taoiseach between May 2008 to March 2011. The Corrib field was discovered in 1996, the first exploration licence being granted in 1993. Shell acquired the project (most of it) from Enterprise Oil in 2002.

Remuneration for a non-exec board seat on a firm like Topaz would be quite small. Even if it was a "comfy payment" it woud be a drop in the ocean given Cowen's already comfortable lifestyle.

dark crystal

I boycott 'em anyway, due to their prices always being higher than other petrol stations in my area.

DeanAustin

aidoh wrote: »

I would have assumed that Cowens placement on the Board of Topaz was a comfy payment for giving away our gas in the Corrib fields to different energy companies, the main one being Dutch Shell (who are now operating as Topaz in Ireland).
Funny how there's absolutely no mention of that in the article seeing as how he was Taoiseach at the time.

Christ on a bike...

I'm not sure what's worse, the paranoia or the complete lack of facts.

nlgbbbblth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHHZ6ed_eco

steveone

Done OP. What do you give the man who took everything and gave it to his mates? A handy number. Well for some-
still has a face like heartburn tho.

glynf

More like a face like a bulldog licking piss from a nettle, at least the hideous pig faced chud won't be behind the deli counter..

Roger Hassenforder

Can i start next week? Its €2.50 for a coffee and pecan plait this week...

Arthur Beesley

Tapas sucks.

coughlt

aidoh wrote: »

I would have assumed that Cowens placement on the Board of Topaz was a comfy payment for giving away our gas in the Corrib fields to different energy companies, the main one being Dutch Shell (who are now operating as Topaz in Ireland).
Funny how there's absolutely no mention of that in the article seeing as how he was Taoiseach at the time.

Big misinformation that Topaz=Shell...They don't. Some protests organised around the fact that boycotting topaz is the same as boycotting shell is quite untrue.
Shell don't own Topaz nor do Topaz own shell. Shell sold off anything they had in Ireland except Corrib years ago. (Statoil did the same BTW)

If you are interested Shell and Statoil left this country years ago (with the exception of Corrib). One has nothing to to with the other. Topaz don't receive anything from the Corrib pipeline nor have any interest in it.

Caliden

Denis O Brien is far too close to politicians for him not to be an influence.

keano_afc

Caliden wrote: »

Denis O Brien is far too close to politicians for him not to be an influence.

I think that ship has already sailed; see Water, Irish and Digifone, Esat.

BeerWolf

I had a fuel card with Topaz [2 cents off per litre, no transaction fee], missed a direct debit payment due to an unforeseen bill incoming that took the money from my disposable money account of which I transferred money in immediately later that day and paid over the phone... and they've refused continuity of my account, because I'm a credit liability apparently even though I paid for it already that day, unless I put a €500 credit deposit onto my Topaz fuel card...


**** that.

BBJBIG

daveyeh wrote: »

That'll show 'em.

http://www.rte.ie/blogs/business/2014/05/06/what-is-obriens-motivation-to-put-cowen-on-topaz-board/


Don't mistake Topaz for Tapas. Which I like.

Yeah ! Dinny is into everything - even your water charges. Next - the fresh air charge. :mad:

Supposedly he's a minority shareholder in Celtic too. People should bycott them too

Muahahaha

seems this protest against Topaz is growing with several groups emptying the forecourts to protest Denis OBrien saddling them with his water meters
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-TOPAZ/845728638800353