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.

There was a tense stand-off between protesters and gardaí today as a machine to tunnel under a picturesque bay was brought in by contractors for Shell.

About 100 construction and engineering jobs are being created on the controversial Corrib gas project.

The cost of developing the Corrib Gas project is now expected to top €3.2 billion, with the final phase of the project expected to sustain more than 700 jobs.

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.

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.

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.

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

IT’S all about place, Maura Harrington says. Protect a place and it will protect its people.

IT is a background many young men would play down in their sophisticated city lives, but the sons of Rossport, North Mayo, wear their heritage with pride.

An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for the proposed construction of a controversial gas terminal in Bellanaboy, Co Mayo.