Shell Ireland has officially applied to the Government for permission to operate the controversial pipeline from the Corrib gas field off the coast of Mayo.

The costs of the Corrib gas project are set to top €3.6bn in 2015 when gas is finally expected to flow from the field.

The coming on stream of the long delayed €3.4 billion Corrib gas project has moved a step closer with tests confirming that all five Corrib wells are now ready to flow.

A small Irish firm is attracting customers with its innovative holographic assistant, a life-like display which uses the image and voice of a real person to interact with and assist customers, writes Trish Dromey.

Tune into TV3 at 10pm tonight to watch The Pipe. The story of a rural community in Co Mayo in Ireland that has been battling the oil giant Shell over their plans to put a raw gas pipeline through the community.

The Garda Ombudsman is investigating complaints that a contractor on the Shell gas pipeline delivered thousands of euro worth of alcohol to gardaí in Mayo.

Separate investigations are underway after three men died in workplace accidents over the weekend.

Shell Ireland has received a fresh cash injection of €125m from its parent to deal with the spiralling costs of the Corrib gas field project.

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.

A 160-ton truck which jack-knifed carrying machinery for a controversial Corrib gas project has been moved, Shell Ireland said.

About 100 construction and engineering jobs are being created on the controversial Corrib gas project.

The cost of developing the Corrib Gas project is now expected to top €3.2 billion, with the final phase of the project expected to sustain more than 700 jobs.

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.

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.

SHELL IRELAND has received a further cash injection of €60 million from its parent company to complete the Corrib gas field project.

EXECUTIVES at multinational energy company Shell believe the Irish state could be in possession of massive gas resources off the west coast, “up to 20 times” the scale of the already discovered Corrib field.

LOCAL opponents of the Corrib Gas project in Co Mayo have rejected a Shell Ireland offer to discuss changes to the route of a controversial onshore pipeline while a leading Shell-to-Sea activist remains in jail.

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

A RETIRED school principal who is one of the most recognised of the Shell to Sea campaigners has been sent to jail.

Two people arrested in connection with the discovery of a suspect device at Shell Ireland's headquarters in Dublin in September have been released without charge.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit is attending the scene of another suspect device in Dublin.

The Army Bomb Disposal Unit is examining a suspect device found in Dublin.

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

GARDA experts yesterday began examining the remnants of a bomb left at the entrance to Shell’s Dublin offices for forensic and fingerprint evidence.

Shell to Sea campaigners have today distanced themselves from the placing of an explosive device outside Shell's headquarters in Dublin.

Shell Ireland is describing the discovery of an explosive device outside its offices in Dublin as a "sinister development".

Shell Ireland has announced a new proposed route for the controversial Corrib gas pipeline.

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

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.

The global oil giant Shell is set to unveil a number of possible alternative routes for the controversial Corrib gas pipeline today.

Shell Ireland is criticising what it describes as an attempted blockade of its offices in Dublin earlier.

A protestor who was arrested at the site of the planned Shell refinery in Ballinaboy, Co Mayo was today released by gardaí.

A 26-year-old was tonight released with a police caution after he had earlier climbed onto a balcony at the Irish Embassy in London.

Shell Ireland has said that it is hopeful that progress can be made in finding agreement on the modified route for its onshore pipeline.

Fresh talks may take place between Shell Ireland and local residents in north Co Mayo in an effort to resolve the long-running dispute over the Corrib gas terminal site.

Trust needs to be built between giant oil company Shell and protestors in Co Mayo, Green Party leader Trevor Sargent said tonight.

Green Party leader Trevor Sargent is blaming Natural Resources Minister Noel Dempsey for the ongoing protests at the site of the Corrib gas terminal in Co Mayo.

Three local fishermen were arrested at an early-morning protest blocking Shell’s Corrib gas terminal site in Co Mayo, it emerged today.

Three protesters were arrested and two gardaí injured at protests blocking Shell’s Corrib gas terminal site in Co Mayo.

A group of protestors opposed to the Corrib gas pipeline in Co Mayo are occupying the headquarters of Shell Ireland in Dublin today.