Shannonwatch

09/09/2026

US Military has Occupied Shannon. Because their chief warmonger is coming.

Yesterday four US Army heavy-lift Chinook helicopters flew into Shannon Airport from Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel. They had arrived there from the UK. We’ve also recorded eleven US Air Force C-17 Globemasters at the airport over the last 9 days. These are large, military transport aircraft, bri...

09/09/2026

Trump is Not Welcome in Ireland - Statement from Shannonwatch

Shannonwatch will join with other groups this coming weekend to protest against the presence of US President Trump in Ireland. The organisation and its members have protested the presence of every US president to visit this island since the start of the century, including Donald Trump in his first t...

06/09/2026

Another ICE Flight at Shannon - and Gardai do nothing about it.

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation aircraft registration N352BH was back in Shannon this week on its way to Delhi, and then on its return flight to the US. This is the third time the Gulfstream IV has gone through Shannon this year for ICE. The other two were the chain refoul...

09/08/2026

We were joined at Shannon today by people from the climate camp that ran for the weekend in Co. Clare. Thanks to everyone who came along.

Militarization not only results in more violent deaths and displacement every year, it also causes huge carbon emissions and ecological destruction. All the more reason to get the

02/07/2026

Peace Camp at Shannon - July 4th/5th. Come along if/when you can!

Friends of Shannonwatch and regular protesters at the airport are organising a Peace Camp at the airport on the weekend of July 4th and 5th. Here's are the details - come along if you can!

14/06/2026

We were back at Shannon today demanding an end to the US military use of the airport.
Earlier in the day Omni Air troop carrier N486AX passed through. Yesterday Omni's N423AX landed.
Assisting a foreign army is not how a neutral country should behave.

17/05/2026

"Neutrality, Morality, War, Peace, and the Abuse of Power."
Speech by Edward Horgan at the Roger Casement Summer School

The following talk was given by Edward Horgan of Shannonwatch to the 2026 Roger Casement Summer School at Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin on May 16th. Hello all, and thanks to the Roger Casement Summer School for inviting me to participate in this event. In my preparation for this I read a newly published....

20/04/2026

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.

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?...

10/04/2026

Sunday Apr 12th in Shannon. US Military OUT!

10/04/2026

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