A case of two US veterans charged with alleged criminal damage caused during a peaceful protests at Shannon Airport has been transferred to Dublin.

So that’s nearly Friday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

It was most heartening to read the letter ‘Shannon Airport is a ‘de facto US military base’’ (Irish Examiner, July 26) from US army veteran Gene Marx.

Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and Afghanistan before that, transport aircraft chartered by the US military have shuttled almost three million troops through Shannon Airport.

Eric and Donald Junior arrived in the village shortly after 10pm last night to cheers from locals as they swept up in Range Rovers.

The High Court has set bail terms for two former US servicemen charged over an alleged security breach at Shannon airport on St Patrick’s Day.