Upcoming Events

National | Anti-War / Imperialism

no events match your query!

Blog Feeds

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link How Much Does Cancel Culture Harm Academics? Careers? Sat Jul 12, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Cancellation attempts harm academics? careers?even if those attempts fail. A new study finds that targeted academics see a 20% decline in number of papers published and a 4% decline in total citations received.
The post How Much Does Cancel Culture Harm Academics? Careers? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Reform MP Sarah Pochin Accused of Lying About Impact of Illegal Migrants by Labour Council Sat Jul 12, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
Runcorn's new Reform MP Sarah Pochin has warned that the town is being ravaged by a high number of illegal immigrants, but the local Labour council accuses her of lying. Steven Tucker investigates for the Daily Sceptic.
The post Reform MP Sarah Pochin Accused of Lying About Impact of Illegal Migrants by Labour Council appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Sat Jul 12, 2025 01:46 | Toby Young
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link ?Not Clear if Heat Pumps Will Save Money,? Government Adviser Admits Fri Jul 11, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Heat pumps?are not guaranteed to save households money in the long-term, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Dame Angela McLean has conceded.
The post “Not Clear if Heat Pumps Will Save Money,” Government Adviser Admits appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link How Britain Sold Itself to the World as Paradise Fri Jul 11, 2025 15:14 | Anonymous former BBC staff member
The government and the BBC have cooperated for decades in an epic advertising campaign to sell Britain to the world as the best possible place to be. No wonder they all want to come here, writes a former BBC staff member.
The post How Britain Sold Itself to the World as Paradise appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Approving US Military Flights Through Ireland With Weapons on Board is a Rubber Stamping Exercise

category national | anti-war / imperialism | press release author Friday July 21, 2017 18:24author by ShannonWatch - ShannonWatch Report this post to the editors

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) has recently started to publish a Monthly Report on Munitions of War Exemptions issued under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, 1973 on its website. It can be be accessed via the following link http://www.dttas.ie/aviation/publications/english/stati...s-war.

As the latest figures available show, a total of 427 permits were granted for civilian aircraft to take munitions through Irish airspace or airports in the first 6 months of this year. 149 of these were for flights with personal weapons of troops on board landing at Shannon Airport. Ten were for flights landing in Ireland with munitions classified as dangerous goods on board, and there were 260 flights classified as "other overflights in Irish airspace with munitions on board". The remaining ten were for flights by Irish Registered aircraft not entering Irish airspace

All of the troop carriers and most of the overflights with munitions on board were US military contracted planes.

These flights were en route to places like Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Turkey and Qatar.

A total of 19 permit requests were refused, including in one case (only) the personal weapons of troops on a flight from the US to Qatar which was due to land at Shannon. An application seeking to transport five warhead rockets via Shannon Airportwas also refused.

In answer to a parliamentary question from Clare Daly TD, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD said that the 19 permits were refused on the advice of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He said this highlighted the fact that the consultation process is not merely "a rubber stamping exercise".

In fact the opposite is the case. We have seen applications for permits for multiple US military contracted flights with weapons on board, obtained under freedom of information, that are stamped "Seen by Minister". Granted the papers say that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade was "consulted" but there is no documentation to support this consultation.

As far as we can tell, the requests from the US military to take munitions of war through Shannon Airport are always rubber stamped. And these days it is Minister Shane Ross that does the rubber-stamping.

Since 2010, over 6,800 permits have been granted to take munitions of war through Irish airspace or airports. Again, almost all of these are for US military contracted aircraft. Thats a lot of rubber-stamping, and a lot of breaches of our neutrality.

Related Link: http://www.shannonwatch.org/blog/approving-us-military-flights-through-ireland-weapons-board-rubber-stamping-exercise
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy