Shannonwatch

On May 3rd, an event will be held in Shannon to remember Hind Rajab, the five year-old girl who was killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza on Jan 29th 2024.
The gathering will remember, with love, an innocent child who was executed in a genocide.

Hind Rajab Remembered at Shannon Airport This event is supported by Shannonwatch. Event: To remember Hind Rajab, the five year-old girl who was killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza on January 29th 2024 Where: The Peace Roundabout at Shannon Airport. When: 1-2pm, May 3rd 2026, which would have been Hind’s eighth birthday Who was Hind Rajab?...

Sunday Apr 12th in Shannon. US Military OUT!

Saturday Apr 18th in Dublin. We're supporting this important gathering.

Press Release
"Following restrictions imposed by Spain, France and Italy on US linked aircraft using their airspace and bases, Shannonwatch call on the Irish government to take similar action without delay."

Time for Ireland to Follow the Lead of Other EU Countries in Restricting US Military Flights Following restrictions imposed by Spain, France and Italy on US linked aircraft using their airspace and bases, Shannonwatch call on the Irish government to take similar action without delay. As a neutral country, the granting of permission to US military flights to land at Shannon or to fly through...

If anyone is driving from Dublin tomorrow for our demo at Shannon, and could give a lift to 2 people, message us please!

Protest at Shannon on Sunday March 8th at 2pm, demanding the airport stop supporting war in Iran and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

https://www.shannonwatch.org/content/shannon-complicity-illegal-attack-iran

Shannon Complicity in the Illegal Attack on Iran At least 153 people, most of whom were children, were killed in an airstrike on a school in Iran yesterday. The children who were brutally murdered were in the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, and the ones responsible for their murder were the military forces of the US and Isra...

Shannon, 2pm to 3pm on Sunday Feb 22nd - there will be a gathering at Shannon as part of the Global Days of Action to close military bases.

Global Days of Action to #CloseBases We call on individuals and organizations around the world to join the Global Days of Action to on February 21-23 by organizing protests at military base sites near you.

"The State cannot claim it lacks capacity. It has police, it has a military, it has an airport. It simply refuses to apply scrutiny to US-linked flights in the way it would to almost any other perceived security concern."

Shannon Airport and ICE deportation flights raise fresh questions over Irish neutrality ICE deportation stopovers at Shannon Airport reignite debate about neutrality, accountability and Ireland’s complicity in US removals

We were at Shannon again today. And we reminded the Gardai that they are protecting war criminals and human traffickers passing through the airport, while arresting and charging peace activists.

For years, Omni Air International has been the only large-jet airline flying shackled passengers on long-haul ICE flights to Africa and Asia.
And yes, that's the Omni Air International that routinely passes through Shannon Airport.

ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.