Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill looks at a documentary that explores Ireland’s oil and gas resources that claims the Government is being careless with the country’s precious stocks.

Parliament hopefuls ready for battle

Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte’s decision to review the planned construction of hundreds of pylons and high-voltage power lines across the country is a shrewd political move. It will give coalition TDs space to answer angry voters on the doorsteps, as opposition grows over Eirgrid’s plans to extend the national grid.

A journalist who claimed he was made redundant from a local radio station because of his coverage of the Corrib gas controversy in north Mayo has been awarded €47,000 compensation by the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

The right to peaceful assembly and free expression has never been more important, says Ruairí McKiernan

The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the validity of compulsory acquisition orders for the Shell pipeline project in Co Mayo.

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.

Earthquakes and polluted water supplies are blamed on the gas extraction process ‘fracking’ now mooted for Ireland, says Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

Protestors have set up a road blockade outside the Shell oil refinery in Rossport in Co Mayo this morning.

People opposed to the construction of Shell pipeline in Rossport, Co Mayo say they have been protesting for a decade, and are marking the occasion this weekend with a 'Party Against The Pipe'.

THE recent controversy in Mayo shows the need for the five-year long farce in Rossport to be brought to an end.

The Deputy Leader of Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald is calling for an investigation to be carried out into the conduct of Gardaí involved in the security operation at the Corrib gas site in Co. Mayo.

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 new Government is examining ways to reduce the €85bn bailout burden. Among the proposals is far-reaching privatisation of yet more State resources in a big sell-off. Great. This will help continue the trend of concentrating even more of the country’s wealth into fewer, private hands.

THIS is not the first book about the Corrib gas saga to feature ominous storm-clouds on its cover.

There are some, indeed plenty of, excellent documentaries hitting our cinema screens these days and this one, close to home, fits the bill to perfection with its classic David and Goliath story of a rural community pitted against the combined, ruthlessly uncaring, power of corporate clout and government compliance.

THE High Court has reserved judgment on whether a District Court judge was correct to find Shell & acted in contempt of court orders when it went onto commonage lands at Rossport, Co Mayo, two years ago to carry out site investigations. The commonage is on the modified route for the Corrib gas onshore pipeline.

LABOUR vowed to reverse public sector pay-cuts last night as the party’s conference saw it demand a fairer crack of the whip from RTÉ.

ENERGY giant Shell was hit with a serious setback yesterday after being told by planners to re-route part of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline because it posed a safety risk.

Energy giant Shell has been told to re-route part of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline after planners today ruled it posed a safety risk.

TENSIONS over the controversial Corrib gas pipeline show no sign of quelling, as these dramatic pictures show.

With the Shell protests escalating, both sides agree the reappearance of the Solitaire vessel will be decisive, writes Scott Millar.

Gardaí and environmentalists have clashed tonight at the site of a controversial gas pipeline on the west coast of Ireland.

The high-level garda security operation at Shell’s controversial Corrib gas project cost more than €1m in October, new figures revealed today.

GARDAÍ have had to be taken from Limerick and other urban centres to help police protests over the Shell gas pipeline in Mayo.

IN his letter (September 23), Michael Job asks if someone would explain what the Corrib gas pipeline protest is about, and refers to these people as NIMBYS who “want to go back to a medieval existence”.

MORE than 200 Garda vehicles bought in December 2006 were still in storage in February of this year, while almost 1,000 vehicles bought for the force in 2006 were still not assigned for any use by the end of that year.

THE hunger strike undertaken by Maura Harrington was a frightening climax to years of non-violent protest on the part of a small community who wish to safeguard their children’s health and safety against the powerful oil companies.

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

SHELL-TO-SEA protester Maura Harrington yesterday celebrated her 55th birthday by retiring from her school principal’s job and continuing her hunger strike against Shell’s work on the coastline of Co Mayo.

IF the Green agenda is really going to mean anything at all in terms of communities, habitats, resources and the environment, I suggest Environment Minister John Gormley and his colleagues consider kissing Fianna Fáil and the PD coalition goodbye in defence of all who stand to lose so much in Glenad, Rossport and Erris.

GARDAÍ arrested 12 protesters yesterday following clashes between Shell workers and locals on a Mayo beach.

SHELL unveiled plans for its onshore gas pipeline yesterday with a route twice as far away from houses as the previous design.

A small village at the centre of the Corrib gas controversy will be sliced in half by the newly-proposed pipeline route, campaigners claimed today.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern seemed to accept “bung after bung” in the 1990s, Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said.

Two further options are being considered for the Corrib gas pipeline.

OBJECTORS to the Shell gas terminal in Mayo yesterday vowed to fight a licence granted for the refinery by looking to the courts.

FOOD safety officials closed a snack bar in Dublin’s prestigious St Stephen’s Green shopping centre last month over public health fears.

AN unprecedented meeting will take place today between objectors to the Corrib gas project and Energy Minister Eamon Ryan where they will outline their concerns over the Shell-led project. The talks will centre on objections to the gas project’s refinery, planned for Bellinaboy, in north Mayo.

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley claimed there is no U-turn on incineration.

CONSULTANTS for Shell E&P Ireland yesterday announced three possible onshore Corrib pipeline routes as the campaign of opposition to the project pledged to fight the plan to the bitter end.

NEIL SINCLAIR re-launched his career with a spellbinding victory on points over Latvian welterweight Sergejs Savrinovics on Saturday night in Cork.

Following the success of February's sell-out show at the City Hall, professional boxing returns to Cork on Saturday, August 18 for the 'Battle on Leeside'.

Sinn Féin’s Dublin environment and local government spokesperson Daithi Doolan has called for the public to support the day of solidarity with the people of Rossport on February 16th and the demonstration planned for Dublin on the 24th.