Richard Boyd Barrett Demands Emergency Debate on Shannon Airport Use
Richard Boyd Barrett called for an emergency debate over whether Shannon Airport will be used by the US military to prosecute what he described as an "absolutely flagrantly illegal military assault on Iran." He challenged the Taoiseach on whether "our airports" would be used to facilitate that illegal war and said the matter must be addressed urgently.
Emergency debate sought
He opened by directly calling for an emergency debate, addressing the Taoiseach and naming Shannon Airport as the focus of concern about potential US military use.
Allegations of illegality and regional impact
He characterised the operation against Iran as "absolutely flagrantly illegal," and warned it had "set the entire Middle East on fire," linking the airport-use question to wider regional consequences.
Accusations concerning Israel
He said the action was being conducted "with a regime, Israel, that is in the dock for two and a half years of genocide," raising the legal and moral context for the debate on airport facilitation.
Demand for an urgent government response
He pressed the Taoiseach for clarity, asking "Are you going to allow our airports to be used to facilitate that illegal war?" and insisting "We need to discuss that as a matter of urgency."
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an emergency debate, Taoiseach, on whether our airport, Shannon Airport, is going to be used now by the US military to prosecute what is an absolutely flagrantly illegal military assault on Iran, which has set the entire Middle East on fire, which has been conducted with a regime, Israel, that is in the dock for two and a half years of genocide. Are you going to allow our airports to be used to facilitate that illegal war? We need to discuss that as a matter of urgency.
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