Irish firm linked to nuclear tests

by Shelta Wed Dec 04, 2002 02:55

Since when is Compaq an Irish firm?

by Ruairi Wed Dec 04, 2002 10:51

Compaq is not an Irish firm but nor is it strictly an American firm. Multinational organisations such as this one don't have any real loyality to borders or governments. In this case, Compaq has a touch of the green in that is received Irish tax payers money to set up, it receives a nice cheap corporate tax rate, it has relatively cheap labour, it is supposed to operate under Irish law, and it employs Irish people. Not to mention it's on Irish soil. I'd say that makes it Oirish enough in the land of Erron.

by iosaf Wed Dec 04, 2002 12:42

probably didn´t get it past the translators.

Compaq is very very very very big.
So the little rascals made it welcome
in the land of Erron.
the little rascals really really are
very very very very bad.

by iosaf sorry doesn´t want to publish another article - so keep it on a tangent with the people Wed Dec 04, 2002 12:51 us at our dot net these issues and know about these sort of things- who care.

the Elan group.
Shares are down in the land of Erron for this Irish based multinational drug development corp.
Shares are up on the NYSE.

Elan is Oirish at:
Elan Corporation, plc
Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. TEL (353) 1 709 4000, FAX (353) 1 662 4949
Elan Operations Limited
Monksland, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland. TEL (353) 902 95000, FAX (353) 902 92427
Elan Pharma International Limited
WIL House, Shannon Business Park, Shannon, County Clare, Ireland.
TEL (353) 6 136 2533, FAX (353) 5 136 2097
it´s also very American and slightly British.
It´s an example 21st century Irish linguistic ethnic cultural social tribal stream sort of company.

It worries about current problems and issues.
like how to continue getting it´s slice of Punt/Euro/Dollar/Pound from Genetic Mice.
look at:
http://www.elan.com/NewsRoom/NewsYear2002/09102002.asp?ComponentID=2688&SourcePageID=2333#1
hmmmm.

Chrones
Immunology
Alzheimers
Patient body absorption of drugs.
founded in 1969
great directors
very very very very very Irish.
odd.
shares $2.87
what do you think about Irish genetic patented mice awaiting the U.S. Supreme Court decision?

by Eoin Dubsky Mon Dec 09, 2002 13:47

The public should go ballistic over nuke developments at HP in Galway!

See recent HP press release at http://h40055.www4.hp.com/press/pr181102a.html to verify the story from the horse's mouth (so to speak).

Anyways, this isn't about politics -- it doesn't matter one bit how the government feel about weapons of mass destruction development. It's not even about "Irish neutrality". This is simply a matter of law enforcement. The Gardai must investigate complaints immediately that nuclear weapons development is underway in HP in Galway, and if it is then they must seize any equipment and arrest any people knowingly involved in this criminal conspiracy.

From speaking with civil servants and politicians about this today I think the government may try to do either of two things:

1.) Deny that there is anything to investigate and leave it at that. No export license, no arms control, etc...

2.) Say that they are taking this seriously, investigating the situation, etc... They'll send HP a memo asking them to relocate their nuclear weapons development work to the US or somewhere else outside the country.

Though on the face of it option two may sound fine, this "not in our back yard" policy would be grossly irresponsible. If some's making a car bomb next door while you're trying to read the paper on your garden patio, you wouldn't say "couldn't you make that car bomb down the road somewhere, I'm trying to read the paper!"

On the criminality of nuclear weapons see:

http://www.globalideasbank.org/BOV/BV-529.HTML

http://www.tridentploughshares.org/legaldoc/

http://www.wand.org/news/npr.html

http://www.geocities.com/pheunghclick/Goodman4.html

by Eoin Dubsky Mon Dec 09, 2002 14:16

Here are two online documents with further information about HPTC developments at HP relating to nukes and Ireland's stated anti-nuclear policy:

HP Scores Another HPTC Win at ASCI /
Megabytes on Screens are Better Than Megatons Exploded Underground

http://www.europe.decus.org/site/cms/newsarticleview.asp?article=1123

TOWARDS A NUCLEAR-WEAPONS-FREE WORLD:
THE NEED FOR A NEW AGENDA

http://www.irlgov.ie/iveagh/policy/nuclearfreeworld.htm

by Eoin Dubsky Tue Dec 10, 2002 00:05

Click on the link below to get a photo of the lab, or at least the photo Compaq (now HP) released with their announcement that the HPTC Engineering unit in Galway was starting business.

by Eoin Dubsky Tue Dec 10, 2002 00:17

Below is a link to another article by Michael O’Farrell in the Irish Examiner on this issue.

Btw, the photo linked-to in the previous comment shows a lab in France, not Ireland... But it's a Compaq/HP HPTC lab and I just wanted to illustrate what they look like. :-)

by Eoin Dubsky Mon Dec 23, 2002 18:55

The police sent me a reply acknowledging receipt of my letter to them about HP/Compaq. It says that the issue is "receiving attention". The Irish Indo, Times and Examiner ran articles on 19 Dec (last Thursday) explaining that the police had received a letter from members of the public requesting that they investigate the activities, believed to be criminal, at the HPTC group in HP/Compaq Galway.

I'll keep in touch with the police and let you know how it develops. Locals are also organizing a public talk about the nuclear R & D at HP/Compaq in January.

by Eoin Dubsky Thu Jan 02, 2003 21:17

No further news from the police on Galway, but I'm keeping them on their toes. ;-)

For further details about the French nuclear weapons testing supercomputer that HP/Compaq made see:
http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=1575