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.

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy who suffers from a rare disorder of bone growth was “walking tall” this Christmas Day having gained about an inch in height from a recent operation at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.