Prisoners ‘not going through Shannon’

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern yesterday refuted claims that tortured prisoners bound for Guantanamo Bay had been transported through Shannon Airport.

Anti-war campaigners this week highlighted evidence that a US plane used to ferry prisoners to and from Guantanamo Bay was landing frequently at Shannon Airport.

The campaigners claim the aircraft concerned - a corporate-style Gulfstream jet marked ‘N379P’ - is used by the CIA to snatch al-Qaeda suspects and transport them to various locations for interrogation.