In July 2004, Irish minister Ray Burke pleaded guilty to making false tax returns. The charges arose from his failure to declare for tax purposes the corrupt payments that he had received from the backers of Century Radio. On 24 January 2005 he was sentenced to 6 months in Arbour Hill Prison for these offences.
Burke was later unambiguously judged by Justice Flood to be "corrupt"

Protesters against the Shell pipeline, have claimed that the deal made by Burke which exempted the oil company Royal Dutch Shell from paying any royalties for the Irish gas had the hallmarks of a corrupt decision.

A civil action should be taken by “Shell to Sea”against Burke, Shell and the Irish State for allowing this obvious corruption to continue.

It would be easy to win a civil judgement against Burke for corruption as he is already a jailbirdfor the same crime.

If “Shell to Sea” don’t have the money they should raise it with a few gigs.