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Wed 10 Oct 2008Shannon council seeks rendition flight inspections
Shannon Town Council last night passed a motion calling for inspections for suspected rendition flights passing through the State.
The motion, proposed by Labour Cllr Greg Duff and seconded by party colleague Cllr Tony McMahon, was unanimously passed. It stated that the nine-member council “supports the demand of the Irish Human Rights Commission for a system of inspection of foreign aircraft to ensure that Ireland is never, even unwittingly, an accessory to rendition or torture.”
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