We're delighted to support the activists who are holding a 36 hour peace camp and vigil at Shannon Airport Roundabout  from 6:00 a.m. on Saturday 12th July until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday 13th July.

Their statement about the camp is as follows:

For the past year, every Sunday, from 9am until 12 noon, this group of peace activists have stood on the Shannon Airport Peace Roundabout to call on the Irish government to respect Irish neutrality and to stop allowing the U.S. military use our civilian Shannon Airport as a transit hub for U.S. military personnel and weapons transfer. Shannon Airport has, in the past, supported the US war on Iraq; a war based on the false claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Ireland has supported the U.S. military use of ‘extraordinary rendition’ (state-sponsored abduction, or, kidnapping) via Shannon Airport.

Yesterday as Israel began another murderous war, this time against the people of Iran, Shannon Airport continued to refuel US and NATO aircraft.

On Wednesday, 11th June, Omni Air N468AX landed at Shannon coming from Naples, Crete and the Persian Gulf. It took off about 01.26 on Thursday morning heading towards the US.

On Wednesday May 21^st Limerick will host a Neutrality Roadshow that looks at the government’s proposed plans to dismantle the mechanism that regulates the deployment of Irish Defence Forces overseas known as the Triple Lock as well as other aspects of Irish neutrality. The event is part of a one-month tour of Ireland to host conversations with local communities at a time when Ireland’s commitment to peace and international justice is more important than ever.

The Limerick event is organised by Shannonwatch and will take place at 7pm in STARLING, 31 Nicholas Street, V94W276 (opposite the Cinema Cafe).

In March 2024 we published a list of US military and military contracted aircraft that landed at Shannon Airport or travelling through Irish airspace between 7th October 2023 and 17th March 2024. Most of them were going to or from the Middle East.

We have continued to monitor this flagrant abuse of Irish neutrality on a daily basis, and in this article we publish a list of aircraft we have recorded at Shannon between 18 March and 31 July 2024. 

As we gathered at Shannon today wiith our friends from The People of Clare Against Genocide, there was a US Navy C-130 Hercules registration 16-4993 at the airport.

The Gardai who were standing between us and the airport were asked to search it, as there are reasonable to grounds to believe it could be involved in a military operation or have weapons on board. Neither are permitted under the conditions covering the landing of foreign military planes at the airport. 

Every day, US planes supporting the genocide in Gaza pass through Shannon. 

In just one night of brutality, Israel has shattered the ceasefire that was in place in Gaza and has murdered over 400 people, including women and children. Medical facilities are overwhelmed as these airstrikes are compounding a situation that was already desperate. Humanitarian aid is being blocked by Israel, and today UN officials described conditions in Gaza as “hell on earth” following the deadly Israeli air strikes.

On Friday night, a US Navy Hercules C130T number 16-4998 arrived at Shannon coming from Joint Base McGuire in US. It spent the overnight at the airport and took off on Saturday March 8th about 14.25pm and flew on to Zagreb Croatia.

Also on Friday, a US Navy C40 number 16-5829 landed at 10.21pm coming from Portsmouth, with a stop also at Bangor Maine. It spent 2 overnights at Shannon and took off this morning (Sunday) March 9th heading towards the Middle East.

On March 1st Omni Air N342AX on contract to the US military refuelled at Shannon, coming from Indianapolis. It flew on to Sofia Bulgaria, and from there to Kuwait and Al Udeid US airbase in Qatar. It returned via Sofia on March 2nd and landed at Shannon again at 22.00 on its return journey to the US. 

On arriving at Shannon it had the call-sign CMB (Camber). This indicates it is operating under the US Transportation Command, carrying military cargo or personnel.

We've endorsed the Global Day of Action to #CloseBases on February 23rd. And this sample of what we had at Shannon Airport in the last 2 days demonstrates why.

Omni Air N819AX landed at Shannon last night 2 Feb and took off 3 Feb and flew on to Poznan Nato base in Poland. It landed back at Shannon this evening and is now on its way back to the US.

On Jan 6th there were the following US warplanes at Shannon:

1. US Air Force C17A Globemaster transport aircraft number 08-8201 landed at about 14.46 pm, coming from Rome with a stop at Ramstein US air base in Germany. It took off again about 16.50 and returned to Ramstein Air Base. 
2. US Air Force C17A Globemaster transport aircraft number 04-4128 landed at about 17.30 pm, coming from Ramstein US air base in Germany. It took off again about 19.30 and returned to Ramstein Air Base. 
3. US Marine Corps Hercules KC130J, mid air refuelling aircraft number 16-6764 landed at about 19.25 pm, coming from Glasgow and Oslo.