Shannon protest

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday April 28, 2003 19:54 by Laurence

Mary Harney in Shannon

Mary Harney had today the wrath of anti-war protestors visited upon her as she spoke at a Shannon Chamber of Commerce endorsment of the development of shannon town centre. The proceedings of the towns business elite who had gathered to pay homage was overshadowed by the public speak out that ran concurrent with it outside the marquee erected for the day. Banners were raised by the protestors as Harney entered the marquee and anger was vocalised as she planted (ahem) a tree. On her exit the protestors lined her walk to a waiting car and draped banners over it as the (wench) war criminal departed. Inside the marquee harney had attempted to defuse te situation with the interesting observation that 'the war was over.'