Over 160,000 US troops have passed through Shannon Airport in the first quarter of 2006 alone ¨C a 100ncrease on last year. Ireland is now the key staging post for US troops on their way to the Middle East. Bertie Ahern has made Irish neutrality a joke. Ahern is supporting George Bush and his war drive against Iran by continuing to offer Shannon to the US Military. Given the record of lies about Iraq, he should immediately withdraw the use of Shannon from the US Military.

Demilitarise Shannon Airport: Dublin Meeting with Acquitted Ploughshares

Dublin | anti-war | event notice

Public meeting on the campaign to demilitarise Shannon airport

A public meeting on the campaign to demilitarise Shannon airport and end Irish complicity with the US war machine will be held in the ATGWU Hall in Dublin city centre at 7.30pm on Thursday, 7 September.

Organised by the Dublin branch of Anti-War Ireland, the speakers will include recently acquitted Pitstop Ploughshares activists Deirdre Clancy and Ciaron O'Reilly, as well as journalist Harry Browne.

The meeting will be chaired by Colin Coulter of the Dublin branch of Anti-War Ireland.

This should be a very interesting meeting and plenty of time will be allowed for open discussion.

SPEAKERS:

*DEIRDRE CLANCY (Pitstop Ploughshares and Anti-War Ireland)

*CIARON O'REILLY (Pitstop Ploughshares)

*HARRY BROWNE (American citizen, columnist with Village magazine, and a member of Anti-War Ireland)

CHAIR:

*COLIN COULTER (Lecturer in Sociology at NUI, Maynooth, co-author of 'The Irish Republic, the United States and the Iraq War: A Critical Appraisal' and a member of Anti-War Ireland)

When: 7.30pm, Thursday, 7 September

Where: ATGWU Hall, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin

All welcome!!!

Email: info@antiwarireland.org