Standoff over Corrib pipeline grows

MORE than 100 gardaí, backed by a similar number of private security personnel, were last night involved in a standoff with protesters opposed to Shell’s attempt to lay a pipeline connecting north Mayo to the Corrib gas field.

Standoff over Corrib pipeline grows

Two naval ships, several garda vessels and a helicopter were also in the area.

The escalation of the long running dispute followed the arrival of a pipe-laying vessel in Broadhaven Bay.

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