Outrage over €8m bill for monitoring Shell refinery site

THE Garda security operation at the Shell refinery site in north Mayo has cost the State €8.1 million to date, according to new figures.

The taxpayers’ bill amounts to about €666,000 a month since gardaí began monitoring the site and escorting Shell workers last October.

Last night, opposition TDs and campaigners branded the costs as “ridiculous” and “disgraceful”.