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

Ireland’s tax regime for oil and gas exploration is to be reformed, with future discoveries taxed according to their scale and value.

Two bodies have been recovered as part of a search and rescue operation after three kayakers went missing last night in the UK, police said.

Dublin-headquartered exploration firm Fastnet Oil & Gas will select a partner — from a shortlist of three — to help it develop its Celtic Sea assets before the end of the year.

Fastnet Oil and Gas is in advanced negotiations with international oil and gas companies to farm out its assets in the Celtic Sea.

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A Japanese whaling boat intentionally rammed two protests ships in waters near Antarctica today, according to an anti-whaling activist group.

A group of environmental activists have staged a protest against oil and gas giant Shell today.

Irish onshore and offshore oil and gas reserves could be worth more than €2tn, writes John Hearne

Aidan O’Brien admitted nerves were jangling throughout the vast Ballydoyle operation as he prepares Camelot for his date with destiny in Saturday’s Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster.

Beach Club looks another fine juvenile from the David Brown supply line judged by his debut success at Thirsk this afternoon.

Efforts to move a jack- knifed 160-tonne truck carrying machinery for a contentious gas project were deemed farcical yesterday by campaigners.

Efforts to move a jack-knifed 160-ton truck carrying machinery for Shell’s Corrib gas project are farcical, campaigners have claimed.

Irish environmental campaigning groups have made formal complaints, and will consider legal action to ensure environmental law is implemented during agricultural expansion, for example Food Harvest 2020 (FH2020).

Parish Hall attempts the first leg of a remarkable Classic double in the Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday.

Communities against a super sewage treatment plant have vowed to step up their campaign after three proposed sites were shortlisted.

Mick Kinane will be roaring on Born To Sea as he bids to emulate half-brother Sea The Stars by winning the the Qipco 2000 Guineas.

Mick Kinane will be roaring on Born To Sea as he bids to emulate half-brother Sea The Stars by winning the the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket tomorrow.

Ground conditions at Newmarket could be a question mark for the hugely talented Camelot in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

Jerrie Ann Sullivan, one of the women who made a recording public in the Garda "rape tape" controversy, has said that the Garda Ombudsman investigation into the incident has been "about protecting An Garda Síochána".

Stylish finish puts West Cork property above the average, writes Rose Martin

Blazing Tempo was the star of a stunning 16.5-1 four-timer for trainer Willie Mullins at Fairyhouse.

David Whitehead (Letters, Jan 13) asserts that Clare County Council has banned the natural gas extraction method called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking“ in response to a vocal minority of protesters.

Jessica Chastain is set to star in Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden death movie.

A SCINTILLATING second-half performance helped Star of the Sea pull away from St Brendan’s and claim the GF4 Allianz Sciath na Scol title at Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

Sea rescue teams searching for a Finnish student who fell off a cliff in Co Mayo have found a body.

Masked Marvel presented John Gosden and William Buick with back-to-back victories in the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster.

THE chief executive of Ennis Chamber of Commerce, Rita McInerney, has expressed concern over the “doughnut effect” in the town due to the negative impact of out-of-town retail centres.

THE head of the largest garda representative body yesterday appeared to back claims that one of the women at the centre of the Corrib tape controversy made claims about rape before gardaí joked about raping them.

A member of the Shell to Sea group is refuting allegations by the Garda Ombudsman that one of the women embroiled in controversy over a tape recording of gardaí did not cooperate with the investigation.

LIMERICK-BASED exploration company Circle Oil’s Moroccan and Egyptian assets could hold up to 83% and 65% more oil reserves than initially anticipated.

Kathryn Bigelow is working on a movie about the death of Osama bin Laden.

A demonstration by Shell to Sea campaigners will take place at 2pm today outside Belmullet Garda Station in County Mayo.

Dozens of women demonstrated outside the Dáil over the so-called “rape tape” scandal in which garda officers joked about raping two female protesters.

ONE of the two women at the centre of the Garda rape comment controversy said she very had very little faith in an investigation by the state’s policing watchdog.

Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan has tonight apologised on behalf of several officers who admitted joking about raping two women protesters in their custody.

One of two women protesters at the centre of the alleged Garda "rape tape" controversy has gone public to demand an independent inquiry into the policing of the disputed Shell gas project.

Shell to Sea and Rossport Solidarity Camp have invited senior members of Belmullet Garda Station to attend a public meeting instead of holding talks behind closed doors.

A DRIVER has been shot and wounded by police after crashing a stolen car carrying his wife and three children through a departure terminal window at Milan airport then threatening officers with a knife.

Members of Dublin Shell to Sea will be on Grafton Street in Dublin today distributing "commemorative bank notes" to highlight issues around Ireland's oil and gas resources.

RIP VAN WINKLE gatecrashed the sponsor’s party as he stole the Juddmonte International at York yesterday from under the noses of Twice Over and Byword.