Talk:Shannon Airport

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I am tempted to move this to Shannon Airport, since that seems to be a much more common name. Objections? -- Sekicho 17:45, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC)

I agree. Zoney 18:03, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Bush's Visit in June 04

Anybody following this? The Gardai are banning people from outside shannon from coming to protest. They have given out passes to residents and recorded car number plates. They have also gone door to door asking people's views on Bush and whether they intend to protest. Very police-stateish. Seabhcan 11:33, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Flying boats at Rineanna

Surely the historical use of the Shannon Estuary for flying boats should be mentioned. Does anybody know about it? --Red King 00:07, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The flying boats were at Foynes. Rineanna was always used for ordinary planes. Seabhcán 07:42, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for update. Confusion removed. --Red King 09:30, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

US Immigration at Shannon

When did this start? What are its conditions of operation? Legal/Diplomatic status? Are there any other airports world-wide with the same facility? Do US-INS staff regard it as an award posting or a punishment posting? What is the extent of non-Irish use? (I met someone from Edinburgh who found she got a far better and less hasslesome deal by flying to the US via Shannon rather than via Heathrow. She especially appreciated being able to walk past the three hour lines at JFK. --Red King 09:30, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Started in 1986. "In 1986 a US Immigration pre-clearance facility was opened at Shannon, thus cutting down on the time spent queueing on arrival in the United States." From Here [1] I got the folllowing list of pre-clearence points:

Calgary International Airport
Edmonton International Airport
Montreal Trudeau International Airport
Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport
Lester B. Pearson International Airport
Vancouver International Airport
Victoria Preclearance (port)
Winnipeg International Airport
Bahamas - Freeport Preclearance
Bahamas - Nassau Preclearance
Bermuda Preclearance
Aruba Preclearance
Shannon Airport
Dublin International Airport

Seabhcán 10:05, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is it worth noting in the article, or is it no longer of significance? --Red King 12:09, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I added a line about it to the top of this article and to Dublin Airport. Seabhcán 12:23, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Judge Macken verdict?

The article says that Judge Macken "is due to give a judgement in April/May 2005". Any update? --Red King 21:35, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Judgement due 9 Dec 2005, delay probably due to Judge Macken's appointment to the Supreme Court. See main article which has been updated. Dowlingm 23:26, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Judgement re-scheduled in the last minute (again!) to Tuesday, December 13. Once it's made public I can contribute to a few articles here on Irish foreign policy, Shannon Airport, Irish law, and the so-called "war on terrorism".

Objectivity of "Foreign military aircraft at Shannon" section

The "Forign military at Shannon" section seems rather one sided and opinionated. It would be more apt for an encyclopedia reporting facts, to do just that and report all facts relevant to an issue.

I agree, infact the whole article seems to be mainly about the US military

This is just one section, and an important one, because it reports serious issues that relate to Irish neutrality, which is very close to being a constitutional issue. Shannon is a major stop-over for US Military personnel en route to a war zone and so-called 'extraordinary rendition' is a serious breach of Irish laws on Human Rights. So, rather than merely assert that the section is 'one sided and opinionated', why not propose changes that would redress the balance. It has not been obvious to other editors that anything other than bare facts are being reported. --Red King 00:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Main Transatlantic Airport In Ireland?

Is Dublin Airport not busier in terms of transatlantic flights, it also has more transatlantic routes.Jvlm.123 15:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]