Well over three hundred people from all across Ireland gathered in Shannon Airport on Sunday 11th as well a sizeable contingent from the Communist Party Of Ireland to support the monthly Shannonwatch vigil. Veteran peace activist Edward Horgan a former captain in the Irish Defence Forces introduced peace activists who read out the names of the children who have been killed in Gaza since October 7th.
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Other speakers included Catherine Connolly TD and Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann since July 2020, Singer Mary Coughlan, Margraretta D’arcy, Bernadette Delvin and Roger Cole from PANA. A call was made for the release of Julian Assange who is locked in Belmarsh British Jail in horrible conditions.
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