Limerick TD suggests US arms could present threat to Shannon Airport

A US Hercules Transporter at Shannon Airport in 2003. Picture: AP /John Cogill

Concerns have been raised by a Limerick TD about possible international threats to Shannon Airport, after arms were transported through the airport on 285 occasions in 2020.

In a Dáil debate this week, Limerick TD Richard O’Donoghue asked Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney whether he had contacted the Biden administration about the continued use of Shannon Airport for transiting US troops and their equipment.