US happy to continue airport use

NO evidence exists to link the suspension of flights carrying US troops through Shannon with the embarrassing security breaches at the airport, the Taoiseach said yesterday.

The US military is happy to continue to use Shannon Mr Ahern said, despite the bypassing of the airport by a number of flights carrying thousand of troops.

Denying that the suspension of World Airways flights transporting US troops via Shannon is related to security breaches, Mr Ahern said a US Army commander told him the Americans had no problem with using the airport.