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Woman, 91, set to complete 220km protest walk to Dáil
The 91-year-old activist said the protest is a peaceful call to protect Irish neutrality and stop US military use of Shannon Airport.
- On Wednesday, 91-year-old activist Lelia Doolan completed a 220km walk from Shannon Airport to Leinster House, protesting the US military's use of Shannon and calling for Ireland to protect its neutrality.
- Doolan initiated the campaign on March 31 to urge politicians to bar US planes from Shannon, which she insists is "not a US military base" and must stop refuelling military personnel.
- Hundreds of supporters from Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Laois, and Kildare joined Doolan along her journey, while protesters at Leinster House sang anti-war songs and called for trade bans with illegal settlements.
- Organisers requested a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris but received no response, though Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik raised the protest in the Dáil chamber on Wednesday.
- Doolan, who previously completed a skydive for her 90th birthday, walked in memory of fellow campaigner Margaretta D'Arcy, continuing efforts to urge Ireland to tell its American "friends the truth.
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