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Wed 11 Nov 2002Green Party calls for details of Government's Corrib dealThe Green Party has called on the Government to outline precise details of the deal it has struck with energy companies on bringing gas ashore from the Corrib field off Co Mayo, writes Lorna Siggins.The party's marine spokesman, Mr Eamon Ryan, was responding to a report on Channel 4 News last night which made allegations on the involvement of the statutory authorities, including the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in the project. The report said two of the companies involved with Enterprise Energy Ireland (EEI) in the Corrib field - Marathon Petroleum and Pierce Construction - gave donations to Fianna Fáil.