Shannon protestor acted to 'protect lives and fulfil Christian teaching'

One of the antiwar protesters accused of the criminal damage of a US naval aeroplane at Shannon Airport has agreed he previously engaged in actions of a similar nature in other jurisdictions.

Shannon protestor acted to 'protect lives and fulfil Christian teaching'

One of the antiwar protesters accused of the criminal damage of a US naval aeroplane at Shannon Airport has agreed he previously engaged in actions of a similar nature in other jurisdictions.

Mr Ciaron O’Reilly (aged 45), an Australian national living in Dublin, told Mr Conor Devally SC, prosecuting, that his personal view that he had acted legally on such other occasions had "not yet" been vindicated by a court.

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