Letter to the Editor: Shannon Airport is a ‘de facto US military base’

Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and Afghanistan before that, transport aircraft chartered by the US military have shuttled almost three million troops through Shannon Airport.

My youngest son and his gun truck company made the stopover trips to the carnage twice, in 2003 and 2004; even disembarking for the terminal lounge in full battle dress while their aircraft was being refuelled. There was never an attempt by the soldiers to hide this unwitting disregard for Irish neutrality.