Accused had ‘pretty good idea’ she would be arrested

One of the five antiwar protesters accused of criminally damaging a US aeroplane at Shannon Airport has told a jury that she "had a pretty good idea" that she might be arrested.

Nuin Dunlop (aged 34), a US citizen and counsellor living at Rialto Cottages, Rialto, denied that her actions were political and calculated to draw attention to activities at Shannon. She also denied that she and her co-accused had anticipated that they would be brought to trial and looked forward to it.