State spends €27k a week on security for US military at Shannon airport
That is according to new figures provided by the Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, and the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, who confirmed that the spend on the Army and Gardaí in providing security to the US military at Shannon last year topped €1.4m.
Between 2003 and 2009, the Garda and army bill to the State for protecting the US military at Shannon stood at almost €18m. Since 2000, more than 2.25m US troops have passed through Shannon.
