Worldview, a dissident shareholder in exploration firm Petroceltic, has brought a High Court petition aimed at securing court protection for Petroceltic and the appointment of an examiner.

GOVERNMENT coffers will get a €1.3 billion tax boost from the booming stock exchange in 2006 while stockbrokers look set to generate gross profits of up to €600m for the year.

Shareholders in upstream oil and gas company Petroceltic heard today that its Old Head of Kinsale gas field in the Celtic Sea could be a 'company maker'.