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.

Shell Ireland yesterday declared that on-site work is complete for gas to flow from the Corrib gas field.

Shell E&P Ireland, operator of the controversial Corrib gas field off the Mayo coast, is considering adding to its Irish asset portfolio in the Government’s upcoming licensing round.

Ireland’s biggest traditional music and culture festival has snubbed energy giant Shell after environmentalists kicked up a storm over sponsorship from the company.

An investigation by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has found no evidence that gardaí were supplied alcohol by Shell E&P Ireland.

Ireland's longest tunnel is now in Co Mayo and is 4.9kms long.

The Shell Corrib gas pipeline project has suffered a major setback after the Commercial Court granted an order quashing the revised licence issued for the Shell gas terminal at Ballinaboy.

Shell E&P Ireland has said tunnelling has commenced on the Corrib Gas onshore pipeline in Co Mayo.

Pre-tax profits at the environmental group retained by Shell Ireland to work on the Corrib Gas project last year decreased by 24% to €2m.

Tensions continue to run high in Co Mayo as a truck carrying machinery for the controversial Corrib gas project remains stuck at a junction.

There was a tense stand-off between gardaí and protesters yesterday as a machine for tunnelling under a picturesque bay in Co Mayo was brought in by contractors for Shell.

There was a tense stand-off between protesters and gardaí today as a machine to tunnel under a picturesque bay was brought in by contractors for Shell.

A number of legal challenges aimed at quashing consents for the construction of sections of Corrib gas onshore pipeline have been settled.

ONE of Shell’s partners in the €2.5 billion Corrib Gas project has conceded that gas will not now be brought ashore until 2014.

Twenty-two TDs gathered at the gates of Leinster House in Dublin today to call on the Government to overturn consents granted by former Minister Pat Carey to Shell E&P Ireland on the day of the recent General Election.

The High Court has said it will hear opposing arguments from the State and An Bord Pleanala before deciding whether to grant leave to An Taisce and two Co Mayo residents to bring judicial review actions aimed at quashing permission for the gas pipeline linked to the Corrib gas field.

IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, has welcomed An Bord Pleanala’s approval of the final section of Shell E&P Ireland Corrib gas pipeline.

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

THE final cost in developing the controversial Corrib gas field is now expected to near €2.5 billion.

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

The High Court has granted bail to seven people arrested in connection with the ongoing dispute over the laying of a Shell gas pipeline in Co Mayo.

THE Government’s promise of a talks forum to resolve bitter disputes over the controversial Corrib gas project descended into chaos yesterday.

The Government’s promise of a talks forum to resolve bitter disputes over the controversial Corrib gas project descended into chaos today.

CONSULTANTS for Shell E&P Ireland yesterday announced three possible onshore Corrib pipeline routes as the campaign of opposition to the project pledged to fight the plan to the bitter end.

Plans to grant an operating licence for the controversial Corrib gas onshore terminal in Co Mayo were tonight facing further delays after over 10 objections were lodged.

IT was power versus prayer at the Corrib Gas terminal in Mayo yesterday as one of the world’s largest oil companies was faced down by protesters reciting the rosary.

SHELL E&P Ireland has announced contracts worth €76 million for the construction of the Bellanaboy Bridge Gas Terminal as part of the Corrib Gas Field Development Project.

Shell E&P Ireland, on behalf of the Corrib Gas Partners, today announced that they are seeking "expressions of interest" from local businesses to tender for services and work worth €5m required at the Bellanaboy Bridge terminal.

An Bord Pleanala has apologised to Shell E&P Ireland for a serious error made in a recent planning case concerning the Corrib gas project.

ENERGY giant Shell yesterday admitted mistakes had been made in the Corrib gas project and apologised for the trauma inflicted on the Rossport Five.

The Corrib Gas Field saga is not over yet. One episode was determined in the High Court yesterday when the court decided that the Rossport Five are not to serve any more time in jail, although they are liable for Shell’s costs.

TAXPAYERS will have to fork out at least €70,000 for the Advantica report commissioned by the Government into the safety of the proposed controversial Shell onshore gas pipeline in north Mayo.

A SIMPLE but significant ceremony yesterday marked the 94th day of the release of the Rossport Five, jailed last year for their opposition to Shell’s development of the Corrib gas fields.

AN BORD Pleanála was not subjected to any external pressure in relation to the €900 million Corrib Gas project, the head of the authority said yesterday.

Energy giant Shell today offered to look at any initiative that could secure the release of the five Mayo men jailed over their protests against a gas pipeline.

THE Government has offered Shell a 16-year licence to drill for oil and gas off the Co Donegal coast.

The Government has offered Shell a 16-year licence to drill for oil and gas off the Co Donegal coast, it emerged today.

The five jailed Mayo gasline protestors are now resigned to spending more than 50 days behind bars after a plea for help failed.

The wife of a Mayo man jailed for protesting against a controversial gas pipeline today failed to secure the County Council’s support for their campaign.

The decision by the Minister for the Marine Noel Dempsey, to allow Shell Ireland to commence work on the 75km pipeline, part of its development of the Corrib gasfield, will hardly do anything to defuse the ill-feeling which the company has caused locally.

Five protesters against gas pipelines being built by Shell in the west of Ireland were returned to jail today after an attempted peace deal failed.

Shell E&P Ireland has responded to a letter from the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources saying that they have been “meticulous in complying with all of the conditions” attached to the Corrib pipeline project to date.

Five men jailed for their opposition to a Shell gas pipeline in the West of Ireland are to appear in court today in an attempt to win their release.

Supporters of the five men jailed over opposition to a gas pipeline being built across their Co Mayo lands today handed in a letter calling for the resignation of a minister.

Two Sinn Féin members have occupied a petrol station in Dublin in protest at the jailing of five gas pipeline protesters.

Five men jailed for their opposition to a gas pipeline today called for a public boycott of all petrol stations owned by Shell and Statoil.