The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Amnesty, the Council for Civil Liberties and One in Four have all condemned comments allegedly made by gardaí in Co Mayo, in which they allegedly joked about threatening to rape a female anti-Shell protestor who had been arrested.

The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has begun an investigation into allegations regarding garda conduct in the west of Ireland.

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.

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.

FOUR members of Dublin Shell to Sea who chained themselves to railings at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources were arrested by gardaí and taken to Harcourt Terrace Garda station.

MORE than €8,500 a day has been spent on overtime and expenses for gardaí policing the Corrib gas project in Mayo since protests began there than five years ago.