Taoiseach urged to admit Iraq war error

ANTI-WAR groups have called on the Government to acknowledge it made a mistake by allowing US troops and weapons pass through Shannon Airport during the continuing conflict in Iraq.

Reacting to the resignation of US official David Kay, who was in charge of the CIA's hunt for alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Iraq, peace protesters said the Irish Government should acknowledge that the war was a sham.

Mr Kay stood down as the head of the Iraq Survey Group late last week after six months at the helm of the US search for WMD, saying he did not believe such weapons ever existed.