Sinn Féin's environment spokesperson for Dublin South East, Daithí Doolan has called on the Dublin city manager to explain the alleged fuel deal that Dublin City Council has with Shell Oil.

Supporters of the Rossport Five are to make the final leg of their 300km walk to Dublin today.

The Sinn Féin spokesperson on natural resources, Martin Ferris TD, has today called on Shell to clarify whether or not it intends to proceed with its legal action against the Rossport Five.

The man appointed by the Government to mediate between Shell and the Rossport Five has recommended that the Corrib gas pipeline be re-routed.

A WEST Cork farmer has invited landowners and farmers from across the country to a mass rally at his property next Friday aimed at stopping the ESB running unwelcome overhead pylons through people’s lands.

A number of events are planned for Co Mayo today to mark the first anniversary of the imprisonment of the Rossport Five.

THE group protesting against the proposed gas pipeline in Mayo will campaign against Fianna Fáil in marginal constituencies at the next General Election.

A spokesman for the Rossport Five is denying there is any split in the group.

Five protestors who breached a High Court order by blocking work on a new water supply in Co Limerick could be sent to jail tomorrow if they do not give an undertaking to end their protest.

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 local water supply in north Mayo is being polluted by aluminium run-offs from a Shell gas refinery, anti-pipeline activists claimed yesterday.

The local water supply in North Mayo is being polluted by aluminium run-offs from a Shell gas refinery, it was claimed today.

The president of the High Court today ordered the Rossport Five to pay the legal costs to Shell following their contempt of court over their Corrib Gas pipeline protest.

The Independent Mediator appointed to draw both sides together in the Corrib gas pipe dispute has drawn up and submitted a set of ground rules for formal mediation.

A group of Co Cork landowners today vowed to continue their battle against an ESB power line across their property as the energy firm attempted to secure a High Court injunction blocking their protests.

The Easter Parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising will exclude all citizens from taking part, it was claimed tonight.

The so-called Rossport Five have decided to cease their cooperation with the man appointed to mediate in their dispute with the global oil firm Shell.

A BITTER stand-off was looming last night as landowners vowed to block ESB plans to run a power line over their property.

The President of the High Court will give his judgement next month on whether the Rossport Five should be punished for their anti-pipleine protest.

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.

AFTER languishing in jail for 94 days in defiance of the forces of the giant Shell oil company and the State, the Rossport Five will take heart from an independent report which appears to vindicate their stance.

The so-called Rossport Five, jailed for their contempt of a court order over protests against a controversial gas pipeline, will learn today whether they face further penalties.

Talk of a mediator being drafted in to help resolve the dispute over the controversial gas pipeline on the Mayo coast is a joke, the Rossport Five claimed tonight.

Shell’s continuing commitment to a controversial onshore pipeline in Co Mayo showed the oil giant hadn’t got the message that local people didn’t consent to the scheme, protesters said today.

The so-called 'Rossport Five' are returning to Mayo today.

The Rossport Five are waking up as free men.

TERRORISTS brought grief to London, nature’s forces terrorised New Orleans, while Eddie Hobbs threw the Government into panic over Rip Off Ireland.

The Rossport five have issued a statement following their release from prison today.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny today described the release of the Rossport Five as very welcome news, and said he hoped all sides would participate actively once a mediator is appointed.

THERE was fresh hope last night of a resolution in the Rossport Five saga after Communications Minister Noel Dempsey moved to appoint an independent mediator.

WE, the undersigned, support the Rossport Five in their demand for the natural resources of Ireland to be used for the benefit of the Irish people, and for those same resources to be extracted in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.

Independent TD Jerry Cowley was ejected from the Dáil on its first day after the summer recess today when he repeatedly tried to raise the plight of the Rossport Five.

The Government tonight ruled out hiring a mediator to break the deadlock in the Rossport Five dispute with Shell over an inshore gas pipeline.

WHAT if Government had engaged local communities in the formulation of coastal policy and adopted responsibility in local management practices.

Statoil today confirmed they had met with relatives of the Rossport Five in Oslo.

WHAT’S happening to us can happen to anyone: that was the message from the wives of the Rossport Five as they called for public backing for a national rally in support of the men.

Supporters of the so-called Rossport Five, who were jailed 11 weeks ago over their protests against a controversial gas pipeline, are today calling for public support for a national rally demanding their release.

A NEW Labour-led government in Norway could soon intervene in the Rossport Five row over a Shell gas pipeline in Co Mayo.

Supporters of the Rossport Five will be back in force today.

The wives and families of the Rossport Five today met the five men face-to-face for the first time in weeks.

Supporters of the so-called Rossport Five have insisted that the men will not be giving any ground in their ongoing stand-off with the Shell corporation.

Independent Dáil TDs today meet the Norwegian ambassador to push their case for the release of the Rossport Five opposed to a Shell gas pipeline in north Co Mayo.

Supporters of the so-called Rossport Five have mounted a protest at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan.

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte has urged the Government to appoint a mediator to resolve the Corrib gas pipeline impasse.