Oireachtas to debate Shell crisis if men purge contempt

THE Oireachtas Communications Committee is to hold urgent hearings on the Corrib gas saga, provided the five men jailed as a result of the dispute purge their contempt.

Committee chairman Noel O’Flynn said the matter was an important one which deserved “urgent priority”.

“Nobody wants to see decent people in jail on a point of privilege. It’s a very important matter the committee should explore,” he said from Gibraltar.