Rabbitte urges end to imprisonment of Rossport Five

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte has urged the Government to appoint a mediator to resolve the Corrib gas pipeline impasse.

Oil company Shell Ireland last night said it was still exploring all possible avenues that would allow five Mayo farmers purge their contempt of a High Court order.

The so-called Rossport Five have spent the past 63 days in a Dublin prison arising from their opposition to the controversial project.