Pitstop Ploughshares & Lawyer Press Conference, Buswells Hotel, 11am

dublin | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Tuesday July 25, 2006 23:28 by Damien Moran - Catholic Worker

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Acquitted Peace Activists to hold press conference in Buswells Hotel,
Dublin, tomorrow (Wed. July 26th) at 11am

The five Catholic Workers acquitted by jury earlier today at Dublin
circuit criminal court for criminal damage to a US Navy aircraft at Shannon in
February 2003 will hold a press conference with their lawyer, Joe
Noonan, at Buswells Hotel near the Dail on Wednesday morning at 11am.

Damien Moran from Offaly, Deirdre Clancy from Dublin, Karen Fallon from
Scotland, Ciaron O'Reilly from Australia and Nuin Dunlop of the U.S.
will all make statements related to their reactions on today's verdict and
will be available for a question and answer session. Furthermore, their
Cork-based lawyer Joe Noonan will be addressing issues relating to
legal issues which arose from their third trial; the first to actually go to
a jury as the previous trials had both collpased.

Immediately after the acquitted peace activists left the Four Courts,
they released the following statement: "The jury is the conscience of the
community chosen randomly from Irish society. The conscience of the
community has spoken. The government has no popular mandate in
providing the civilian Shannon airport to service the US war machine in it's illegal
invasion and occupation of Iraq. In 1996 in Liverpool the Jury
acquittal of the four 'ploughshares' women contributed to the end of arms exports to
the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia and the independence of East Timor.
The decision of this jury should be a message to London, Washington DC and
the Dail that Ireland wants no part in waging war on the people of Iraq.
Refuelling of US warplanes at Shannon Airport should cease immediately. "

For more information check www.indymedia.ie and www.peaceontrial.com
or
Please contact Damien at 087 9638398,

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