Union urges rendition spot-checks on US planes using Shannon

CIVIL servants are seeking spot-checks on American aircraft at Shannon “to prove that prisoners for renditions purposes are not on board”.

A motion to this effect is down for decision by the 10,000-strong Public Service Executive Union (PSEU), whose annual delegate conference takes place in Killarney next week.

Earlier this year a European parliament report rapped Ireland’s failure to ensure al-Qaida suspects and other prisoners were not spirited through Shannon Airport on CIA aircraft.