In Reply to: re: re: re: re: if the gas flows then ireland will make between 1 and 2 bil posted by bluff on March 15, 2009 at 11:35:09:

true, but all those expenses are legitimate expenses of the business. As for transfer pricing - gas is relatively the same price all the world over, exploration has to be charged at local prices and anyway they will do well to find a lower corporation tax than the Irish Republic.