The retrial of five anti-war protesters accused of criminal damage to a United States Navy plane at Shannon Airport has been fixed for next July.
The trial collapsed for the second time last week after defence questions put to Judge Donagh McDonagh over whether he had attended the inauguration of George W. Bush as US president.
Judge McDonagh told the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury some 15 minutes later that matters had arisen in its absence and he had "no option" but to withdraw the case from it.
Judge Desmond Hogan has now fixed July 5th for the third trial.
Judge Frank O'Donnell also withdrew this case from a jury in March 2005.
The five, who have been remanded on continuing bail, plead not guilty to two counts each of causing damage without lawful excuse to a naval plane, property of the United States government, and to glass door panels, property of Aer Rianta at Shannon Airport on February 3rd, 2003.
They are Ciaron O'Reilly (45), an Australian national, and Damien Moran (25), both of South Circular Road, Rialto; Nuin Dunlop (34), a US citizen and counsellor living on Walkinstown Road, Dublin; Karen Fallon (34), a Scottish marine biologist living on South Circular Road, Rialto; and Deirdre Clancy (35), a copy editor of Castle Avenue, Clontarf.