The State has received only around €104m in royalty payments from the operator of the Kinsale and Ballycotton gas fields off the coast of Cork since 1998, new figures show.

Petroceltic’s largest independent shareholder has vowed not to back any further capital raising efforts by the Dublin-based explorer until its board is shaken up and CEO Brian O’Cathain removed.

Oil producer Petroceltic International’s largest shareholder has called for an extraordinary general meeting of the Irish company’s shareholders to oust chief executive Brian O’Cathain.

Irish oil producer Petroceltic is being sued by its largest shareholder, Worldview Capital Management, which has also called for the resignation of chief executive Brian O’Cathain.

A LECTURER who secretly double-jobbed by working in two colleges at the same time is likely to receive two pensions, it has emerged.