Shell E&P Ireland, on behalf of the Corrib Gas Partners, today announced that they are seeking "expressions of interest" from local businesses to tender for services and work worth €5m required at the Bellanaboy Bridge terminal.

AN BORD Pleanála was not subjected to any external pressure in relation to the €900 million Corrib Gas project, the head of the authority said yesterday.

SHELL E&P IRELAND yesterday welcomed the decision of An Bord Pleanála to uphold Mayo County Council's decision to grant planning permission for the proposed gas terminal at Bellanaboy Bridge, which is to be built to bring Corrib Gas ashore.

FOLLOWING the recent landslide in north Mayo, it is not surprising that fresh controversy has erupted among local residents, fishermen, small farmers and politicians in the wake of new moves by Shell to get planning permission to build a gas terminal in the area.