A criminal investigation is being conducted into a firm that provided cash in transit and other security services and which has an estimated deficit in its client account of €1.8m, the High Court has heard.

Gas supplies in the west of Ireland should be switched back on a phased basis over the weekend, energy chiefs have said.

Latest: Odourless gas which entered the network in the west of Ireland is being sucked back out of the pipes and burnt off, it has been revealed.

Thousands of natural gas customers in Connacht have been told to shut off their gas supplies becasue odourless gas has got into the network from the Corrib Gas terminal.

The Government has given the final approval for Shell to begin operating the Corrib gas pipeline in Mayo.

A fisherman has told the High Court he suffered “three or four fast ones” to the face from a garda using closed fists and wearing leather gloves during a protest against the Shell gas refinery in Mayo.

Three Mayo men are suing for damages over alleged garda brutality at a Shell to Sea protest eight years ago.

The results of an offshore sub-sea survey show that there is more gas in the Corrib gas field than originally estimated.

Shell Ireland has received a fresh cash injection of €90 million from its parent company to deal with the spiralling costs of the Corrib gas field project.

The final section of the Corrib gas pipeline in Co Mayo has been given the go-ahead.

There are some, indeed plenty of, excellent documentaries hitting our cinema screens these days and this one, close to home, fits the bill to perfection with its classic David and Goliath story of a rural community pitted against the combined, ruthlessly uncaring, power of corporate clout and government compliance.

ON August 4 the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley, issued a directive, under EU regulations on birds and natural habitats, aimed at protecting special areas of conservation and special protected areas from potential damage and disturbance caused by quad bikes and scramblers.

SHELL Ireland has received a €90 million cash injection to complete its controversial works to allow gas be taken from the Corrib gas field.

ENERGY giant Shell was hit with a serious setback yesterday after being told by planners to re-route part of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline because it posed a safety risk.

Energy giant Shell has been told to re-route part of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline after planners today ruled it posed a safety risk.

Gardaí in Co Mayo are investigating an incident yesterday afternoon in which paint was thrown at Minister of State Dara Calleary’s car.

An Bord Pleanála is due to begin an oral hearing today into some of the outstanding planning issues related to Shell's controversial Corrib gas project.

Leading anti-Corrib gas activist Maura Harrington was today released from prison after being jailed over her protests.

ANTI-CORRIB gas pipeline protesters have given the latest Government bid to broker a deal in the bitter dispute a cool reception.

The Government is launching a new initiative in a bid to end the controversy over Shell's Corrib gas pipeline in northwest Mayo.

SHELL-TO-SEA protester Maura Harrington yesterday celebrated her 55th birthday by retiring from her school principal’s job and continuing her hunger strike against Shell’s work on the coastline of Co Mayo.

A small village at the centre of the Corrib gas controversy will be sliced in half by the newly-proposed pipeline route, campaigners claimed today.

Shell Ireland has said a fire near its Corrib gas terminal at Bellanaboy in Co Mayo was malicious and was not accidental.

PAUL LYNCH (Letters, November 28) seems to have got his facts very wrong in relation to the safety of the Corrib gas pipeline.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given its approval to the controversial gas refinery plant being built by Shell in Bellanaboy, Co Mayo.

Campaign body ShellToSea is planning to hold a commemoration march at Shell’s proposed Bellanaboy refinery site in Co Mayo this morning.

I SEE that a Shell to Sea delegation recently met Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan to protest against the terminal and gas pipeline in Erris, Co Mayo.

THE Garda security operation at the Shell refinery site in north Mayo has cost the State €8.1 million to date, according to new figures.

FIVE demonstrators were arrested and two gardaí injured as clashes broke out during protests at the Corrib gas terminal site in Co Mayo yesterday.

Shell Ireland has condemned the actions of protestors who trespassed onto its Bellanaboy refinery site in Co Mayo this morning.

Gardaí in Co Mayo have arrested a number of people following a protest at the site of the gas refinery being built by Shell in Bellanaboy.

Gardaí say a road that had been blocked by protestors at the site of the proposed Shell gas refinery in Co Mayo is now reopened.

Shell to Sea demonstrators say they have blocked access to the site of the Corrib gas refinery being built in north Co Mayo this morning.

Controversy over the Shell gas pipeline in Co Mayo has eroded trust in An Garda Síochána while threatening the culture and values of the area, an international investigation has found.

Mayo Fire Brigade is continuing to battle a forest fire that broke out near the Corrib gas terminal in Bellanaboy yesterday.

Two campaigners against the Corrib gas project in Co Mayo will be among the first people to lodge complaints to the new Garda Ombudsman Commission today.

HERE in Co Mayo we have the jaded protests against the Corrib gas project with the unfounded scares about pollution, quality of drinking water, etc.

The Corrib Gas Partners recommenced drilling activities in the Corrib Gas field, 83km off the west coast of Ireland, last week.

The Corrib Gas Partners announced today that they plan to resume the peat haulage operation next week.

Campaigners opposed to energy giant Shell’s gas project in Mayo today said Tánaiste Michael McDowell’s claim that it is strategically important is wrong.

Gardaí today removed up to 100 protesters after they entered the controversial Shell refinery site in north Co Mayo.

Sinn Féin’s Dublin environment and local government spokesperson Daithi Doolan has called for the public to support the day of solidarity with the people of Rossport on February 16th and the demonstration planned for Dublin on the 24th.

Opponents of the Corrib gas pipeline in Co Mayo have announced plans to hold a national demonstration in Dublin later this month as part of their ongoing campaign.

TAXPAYERS forked out over €3 million in garda costs to police the Shell gas terminal in Mayo for less than four months, new figures reveal.

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed that the controversial Corrib gas terminal in Co Mayo be granted a licence subject to 85 conditions.

BARRY WALSH (Irish Examiner letters, November 21) misinterpreted my recent letter on garda violence at Bellanaboy in Co Mayo (Irish Examiner, November 16).

Dublin Shell to Sea is planning to stage a 'major' protest outside Shell Headquarters in Dublin today.

70% of people in Co Mayo believe that work on the controversial Shell Corrib gas pipeline should be allowed to continue uninterrupted, according to a Red C opinion poll for the Irish Independent and Prime Time.