Shannon 5 Re-Trial: Peace Walk From The Spire To Four Courts, 9am

dublin | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Saturday October 22, 2005 12:59 by Ploughshares Defence Group

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Pit Stop Ploughshares Head to Oct. 24th. Trial- Update & Call for Solidarity!

They're on Trial for Us, We're on the Loose for Them!
Before the illegal invasion & bombing of Iraq, five members of the pacifist Catholic Worker movement made their way into Shannon Airport and non-violently disarmed a U.S. navy war plane in the early hours of February 3rd. 2003.

The Pit Stop Ploughshares Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon, Ciaron O'Reilly & Damien Moran spent 4 to 11 weeks in Limerick Prison. They went to trial in March 2005 on two counts of Criminal Damage -€100 and $U.S.2.5million. Penalties if convicted carry a maximum of ten years imprisonment.

The week of trial saw 80 international & numerous Irish anti-war activists converge on Dublin. It was a week of public witness against the war, evenings of celebration of the disarmament and public meetings concerning ongoing Irish involvement in the war on Iraq.

The March trial collapsed on the 4th day when the Judge called a mistrial, dismissed the jury and instructed the media not to report on the reasons for a mistrial.

All the defendants are required to sign on weekly and banned from a 5 mile radius of Shannon Airport.

The Pit Stop Ploughshares 5 return to trial at Dublin's Four Courts on Monday October 24th. The trial is likely to run up to November 3rd. There will be a celebration of hope and resistance.

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