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Updates on march to Shannon, Friday 25th June 2004

category national | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Friday June 25, 2004 21:20author by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group - Indymedia Ireland

The protest march against the visit of George W. Bush began shortly before 6.30pm. Everyone was reported to be in high spirits. At 7.20 the march arrived near the Lidl supermarket. At 8.10 the front of the march was about three hundred metres walk from the airport. 8.30pm The march was stopped about 200 metres from Shannon Airport by the Gardai at about 8.15pm. There are estimated to be between eight and nine hundred protestors facing a solid wall of Gardai. The protest passed off peacefully, as expected

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