The Dublin registered company last year approved a dividend of €100 million that included €50m payable at the year-end.

Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington has paid tribute to her friend and mentor, the late Sr Majella McCarron. One of Ireland’s most tireless environmental and human rights defenders, Sr Majella McCarron, passed away recently at the age of 85.

Fine Gael candidate in the Ballina electoral area, Hugh Rouse, has welcomed the decision to extend the exploration licence for a large area adjoining the existing Corrib gas field off the Mayo coast.