There is a strong Garda presence at the Shell site in Co Mayo this evening as hundreds of protestors from the Shell to Sea group plan to descend on the facility at Glengad beach.

Three Coolock brothers, whose mother reported them to gardaí after she saw them rob a Chinese food delivery man, have been sentenced to a total of 13 years for various crimes, including robberies.

A leading opponent of the controversial Corrib gasline went on hunger strike last night.

GARDAÍ are investigating a hijacking and an attempted hijacking that occurred in a Cork suburb.

Gardaí today removed up to 100 protesters after they entered the controversial Shell refinery site in north 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.

WHAT the media appears to have overlooked in its reporting of last Friday’s events in Bellanaboy, Co Mayo, is the fact that a garda superintendent, apparently with the approval of the justice minister, arbitrarily decided to ban a legitimate protest march organised by the Shell to Sea campaign.

The Minister for Justice has said Sinn Féin is playing a significant role in prompting trouble at the Shell gas terminal site in Co Mayo.

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

GARDAÍ yesterday confirmed they were investigating alleged death threats made against Marine Minister Noel Dempsey.

A former Irish Army soldier who discovered he tried to rob his local garage when his friends called him to say he was on TV programme Crimeline may have the option of community service in lieu of a prison sentence.

PETROL and diesel prices have edged closer to an average of €1.30 a litre, driven by supply uncertainty on world markets.

Five men jailed for their opposition to a gas pipeline today called for a public boycott of all petrol stations owned by Shell and Statoil.

The funeral of one of the 11 crewmen who died when a helicopter crashed in a North Sea gas field today took place on an island off the north-west coast of Scotland.

A helicopter crash in a North Sea gas field which left eleven people dead was caused when a main rotor blade fractured, a report said today.