THE two Irish women killed in Rome by a drunk driver early yesterday were named as Elizabeth Gubbins, from Mount Shannon Road, Lisnagry, Co Limerick, and her friend, Mary Collins, from Co Kildare.

A MAN arrested in connection with the death of an elderly farmer in Co Mayo was released without charge last night.

Gardaí in Mayo have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the death of 72-year-old farmer over the weekend.

Gardaí have today revealed they are treating as suspicious the death of a pensioner whose body was discovered outside his home in Co Mayo.

THE five men imprisoned over the Shell gas project yesterday hit out at Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy over riot gardaí being deployed to Mayo.

THE taxpayers’ bill for protecting Shell workers during protests over the Corrib gas pipeline has reached almost €750,000, figures reveal.

UP to 300 angry protesters clashed with gardaí in north Mayo yesterday as anti-Shell campaigners were bussed into the region from all around the country.

THE imprisonment of five Mayo men in the Corrib gas pipeline controversy represents a major public relations disaster for the giant Shell corporation.