Religious urge protests against Bush visit

A group of leading Irish religious representatives came out in support of protests against the forthcoming visit of US President George Bush to Ireland.

Christian, Buddhist and Muslim representatives, together with the NGO Peace Alliance, have planned a number of peaceful protests for this weekend.

They are calling on Irish people to join their demonstrations taking place in Dublin and at Dromoland Castle, where the US President is staying.

Fr Frank Brady said: "George Bush is portraying the American people as dishonest, deceitful and untrustworthy. I don’t think that that is fair. I think we need to protest and raise our voices."