Cost of policing at Mayo pipeline reaches €3m

TAXPAYERS forked out over €3 million in garda costs to police the Shell gas terminal in Mayo for less than four months, new figures reveal.

Outraged TDs last night said they would demand answers from the Government on the “colossal” costs.

Figures released by the Department of Justice in a parliamentary answer show around €3.14m was poured into garda patrolling of the refinery from October 3 to January 25.