Saturday was an eventful day at Shannon Airport with two peace protests and a strong Garda presence protecting a newly-erected razorwire fence. Despite scaremongering, the Grassroots protest was peaceful, the attempt to take down the fence was unsuccessful, but participants promised to return ( 1 - Video) ( 1 - Audio), with ten arrests ( 1 - Video) accompanied by the usual over enthusiasm (Video) while the diverse IAWM protest passed off without incident.

Those arrested have since been released on bail, due to return on Friday March 7th.

There were unconfirmed reports of a breach of runway security a few hours after the protests ended.

Post match analysis has led to some discussion and the usual arguments over the rights and wrongs of both protests. ( 2 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) ( 6 )

While both Shannon demonstrations were underway people also gathered in Dublin (Audio ) and in Donegal to voice their opposition to the war.

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