# Shell

Last month

February 2023

John Gibbons: Shell made record profits as the planet burns - welcome to the toxic oil industry

The environmental campaigner questions how a global fossil fuel giant can record its highest profits ever in the shadow of a climate crisis.

11.3k

Feb 3rd 2023, 4:21 PM

# Big rigs

Shell profits double to €38 billion in 2022, the highest in the company's 115-year history

The figure was more than double the amount in 2021.

11.0k

Feb 2nd 2023, 11:44 AM

Last year

2022

# gas and oil

Shell ‘sorry’ for buying Russian oil last week

The company said it would withdraw from its involvement in Russian gas and oil.

23.2k

Mar 8th 2022, 12:19 PM

All time

# extinction rebellion

Nearly 300 arrests in London climate change protests

Thousands of people joined the protests across the city.

16.4k

Updated

Apr 16th 2019, 6:28 PM

# Corrib

Shell fined €1k and ordered to pay €15k in legal costs over gas flaring

The prosecution was brought by the Environmental Protection Agency following complaints from locals.

13.8k

Sep 5th 2016, 2:15 PM

# flaring

Shell is being prosecuted over emissions at Corrib gas refinery

The EPA confirmed to TheJournal.ie that a summons was issued last week over a flaring incident at the gas refinery

17.6k

Jul 6th 2016, 12:09 PM

# Shell to Sea

First gas flows from Shell terminal as protest group calls action 'disgraceful'

Shell and the Irish Offshore Operators’ Association welcomed the news.

14.8k

114

Dec 30th 2015, 6:09 PM

# Offshore gas

Final go-ahead given for Corrib gas line to operate

Minister Alex White gave the confirmation today.

12.7k

Dec 29th 2015, 6:53 PM

# Shell SIPTU strike

Security guards at the Shell gas terminal in Mayo went on strike today

Siptu organisers said that the industrial action is due to Senaca terminating employees’ contracts and reducing working hours at the terminal.

12.3k

Oct 19th 2015, 6:10 PM

# Shell

Gas from Corrib will be in Irish homes by mid-2015

The controversial pipeline will meet almost half of the country’s gas needs in 2015 and 2016.

9.1k

Dec 20th 2014, 7:15 AM

# Corrib

Shell's Mayo gas terminal is rumbling into life with flare tests

Tests at the plant are expected to continue until early next year.

9.8k

Nov 19th 2014, 9:55 AM

# everything is not awesome

Here's the video that made LEGO kick Shell to the kerb

A Greenpeace campaign has led to the toy giant distancing itself from Shell.

23.6k

Oct 9th 2014, 9:34 PM

# Prison Break

100 inmates escape high-security Ukrainian jail after shell attack

By this morning, some of them had returned to the facility but 40 of them are still missing.

13.6k

Aug 11th 2014, 1:49 PM

# shelling out

Fleadh Cheoil organisers to 'respectfully' return Shell funding after public outcry

Organisers say they are returning the funding “in keeping with the ethos” of the Fleadh as “an inclusive, community driven and family focused event”.

25.6k

Aug 6th 2014, 10:40 PM

# Ceasefire

Hamas agrees to 24-hour humanitarian truce

This followed a statement by Israel that it would resume its raids on Gaza.

19.7k

273

Jul 27th 2014, 7:47 PM

# Mayo

GSOC finds "no evidence" of booze deliveries for gardaí at Shell project

It was alleged last year that a company contracted by Shell supplied alcohol to Belmullet Garda Station.

13.2k

Jul 10th 2014, 9:09 PM

# hysterical screeches

Clare Daly says gardaí at Corrib gas site are the “hired hands" of Shell

The Taoiseach said that it was “professional” protestors who had “caused the trouble”.

13.7k

119

Jun 17th 2014, 5:42 PM

# Gardagate

Calls for public inquiry into the policing of Corrib gas project

The group said there is no faith in GSOC as it currently exists.

11.1k

Jun 16th 2014, 7:05 PM

# The Pipe

'Shell can celebrate all they want, but the fight is by no means over'

The newly constructed tunnel has been mired in controversy as it will house the onshore section of the Corrib gas pipeline.

21.4k

105

May 23rd 2014, 11:13 AM

# blow the whistle

Shell to Sea calls for whistleblowers to 'expose malpractice and corruption' at gas project

The call comes after allegations last year from a subcontractor that Shell bribed local residents and gardaí.

9.2k

May 15th 2014, 7:56 AM

# shell suit

Michelin Man-style suit can take humans to 1,000 feet under the sea

Scuba divers can only go to 200ft under because of intense pressure of water.

13.5k

Mar 9th 2014, 11:31 AM

Voices

Column: Ignorance, avoidance, distortion – media coverage of the Corrib gas project has failed

The Irish media has failed to properly report on the local community’s resistance to Shell in Mayo. The reason? Journalism has fewer and fewer resources to filter the truth from the propaganda, Harry Browne writes.

597

Jan 24th 2014, 3:18 PM

# Corrib

Over €16 million spent on policing protests against Corrib gas pipeline

The figure, not including the salaries of gardaí at the protests in North Mayo, was disclosed by Alan Shatter in the Dáil yesterday.

7.6k

Dec 11th 2013, 10:19 AM

# tortoise

Tortoise has amputated leg replaced with Lego wheel

Schildi keeps on rollin’.

1.6k

Nov 8th 2013, 5:30 PM

# Environment

NUIM dedicates book and audio archive to activist 'ahead of his time'

Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian military 18 years ago.

5.6k

Nov 7th 2013, 5:43 PM

# Corrib

Expert hired by department for Corrib inspection lacked training to access tunnel

Minister Pat Rabbitte said the representative did not require access to the tunnel to complete the task he was sent to do, which was not health and safety related.

17.6k

Nov 3rd 2013, 8:15 AM

# News Fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday

Everyone’s talking about the pensioners’ protest, a little girl taken from a Roma family in Dublin and the NSA spying on the French.

23.1k

Oct 22nd 2013, 10:55 PM

# Corrib

Garda Ombudsman to investigate Shell 'booze bribes' allegations

Shell said it welcomes the news of an investigation, and that it will co-operate fully.

10.8k

Oct 22nd 2013, 6:38 PM

# Shell

Shell loses licence to operate controversial Mayo gas terminal

The court found that there was a defect in the carrying out of the environmental impact assessment.

16.2k

Oct 15th 2013, 8:08 PM

# Exploration

Just four commercial gas discoveries since the 70s but minister remains positive

Junior miniser Fergus O’Dowd has said that the state should provide an environment that encourages companies to take the risks involved in exploration.

6.0k

Sep 15th 2013, 8:25 AM

# Shell to Sea

Eight Shell to Sea protesters due in court over public order offences

Spokespeople Maura Harrington and Terence Conway, who said the “real criminals” were Shell and numerous gardaí, are among those due to appear.

5.1k

Sep 11th 2013, 9:53 AM

# Mayo

Man killed in industrial accident at Corrib gas tunnel

The deceased is a German national in his 20s.

31.9k

Sep 8th 2013, 7:48 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

6.3k

Aug 12th 2013, 4:55 PM

# Shell

Allegations of Shell booze bribes for gardaí 'raise serious concerns'

A company that worked for shell until 2010 claims it delivered a large amount of alcohol to gardaí in Belmullet in December 2007.

23.7k

185

Aug 12th 2013, 9:46 AM

# Corrib Gas Pipeline

'Sinkholes' on Co Mayo strand pose "no danger" to public, council insists

Locals and campaigners from “Shell to Sea” erected homemade signs at Sruwaddacon Bay at the weekend to warn walkers of the phenomenon.

11.9k

Jul 17th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Shell to Sea

UN special rapporteur calls for full investigation of Corrib human rights issues

The report refers to evidence of “a pattern of intimidation, harassment, surveillance and criminalisation” of those peacefully opposing the gas project.

9.5k

129

Mar 5th 2013, 7:15 PM