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.

ONE of Shell’s partners in the €2.5 billion Corrib Gas project has conceded that gas will not now be brought ashore until 2014.