Make Shannon an election issue

THE equivocation of the Government in face of ongoing accusations that it is doing nothing to seriously investigate reports that Shannon is being used as a stopover in CIA rendition flights comes as no surprise.

There is also the issue of its involvement in the US’s illegal and immoral war in Iraq by allowing the same facility to be used as stopover for US troops and war equipment.

You may well ask what difference the welfare of people in the far-off Middle East makes to any of us here in Ireland. Quite apart from the moral issues, there are other repercussions. Make no mistake, what happens in the Middle East affects all of us sooner or later.