Howlin said he would push for an end to the US military's use of Shannon Airport after US VP Mike Pence greeted American troops at it last week.
US Vice President Mike Pence in Shannon Airport last week. Image: @PANationalGuard US Vice President Mike Pence in Shannon Airport last week. Image: @PANationalGuard LABOUR LEADER BRENDAN Howlin says if his party gets into government he will insist that inspections be carried out on all US military aircraft that land at Shannon Airport.
“There are a lot of moral issues that are difficult and would have consequences. But we’ve said that, unless those troops were involved in a war or a mission that was sanctioned by the United Nations, we will not let them use Shannon. Concerns about the lack of inspections of US aircraft that land at Shannon have previously been raised in the Dáil by a number of TDs including former Independents 4 Change TD, now MEP, Clare Daly. She said that trusting the US government’s assertion that no arms or weapons are on board flights is not good enough and claimed the US military sees Ireland as almost an outpost of the US, rather than an independent, neutral state.
Who might that be? Howlin said he will talk to Sinn Féin but said issues of taxation, and trust, mean there are very significant barriers to working with the party.
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