Protesters urge Government to take in Israeli nuclear whistleblower

PEACE activists held a protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Dublin yesterday to call for a nuclear whistleblower to be granted asylum in Ireland.

Former technician Mordechai Vanunu, 51, has been forbidden to leave Israel since he was released from prison in April after serving 18 years for treason.

In 1986, Mr Vanunu revealed details of the Israeli nuclear plant at Dimona to the Sunday Times newspaper. He was subsequently abducted from Italy by Israeli secret agents and imprisoned.