Activists protest against US General’s Irish visit

Anti-war activists spoke out in protest at today's visit to Ireland by the head of the US defence forces.

Joint-chief-of-staff General Richard Myers is here on the invitation of his Irish counterpart.

But protester Ciaran O'Reilly said General Myers shouldn't be welcomed and that Ireland was complicit in the war in Iraq by allowing the US military access to Shannon Airport:

"Willie O'Dea, the Defence Minister, is dragging Ireland deeper and deeper into complicity with this war with over 28,000 US military personnel passing through Shannon Airport each month," said Mr O'Reilly.