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Cost of Shannon Policing to the State

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Tuesday December 17, 2002 20:08author by Justin Moran - Sinn Feinauthor email maigh_nuad at yahoo dot com

In reply to a question from Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe the Minister for Justice stated today that the cost of security to police the protest at Shannon Airport on the weekend of 6 to 8 December 2002 was 29,211 Euros. The cost of security to protect American military aircraft that stopover at Shnnon Airport since January 2002 was 12,183 Euros. The cost of security to police other protests at Shannon Airport since January 2002 was 17, 960 Euros. All in all, just under 60,000 Euros in total.

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