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Woman (78) arrested on airport runway after Hopping over fence

  • 08-10-2012 11:53am
    #1
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭


    Thought this was brilliant. Fair play to her (and him).

    Not sure i can imagine too many 78 year olds, that would be willing to, let alone able to, scale an airport fence, and run towards the Runway.

    Should she be commended or punished?

    Woman (78) arrested on airport runway
    SECURITY fears have been raised at Shannon Airport after a 78-year-old pensioner and an anti-war campaigner were able to breach the perimeter by apparently climbing over a fence.
    Margaretta D'Arcy (78), a playwright and peace campaigner, and Niall Farrell (59), a member of Galway Alliance Against War, were spotted by air traffic controllers as they made their way to the runway shortly after 4pm.
    They got to the edge of the runway before they were arrested.
    The pair said they wanted to stage a "non-violent peaceful action" to mark the 11th anniversary of the US presence in Afghanistan. Ms D'Arcy also planned to scatter the ashes of her late partner, John Arden, on the runway. However, it is understood that she didn't manage to do this before her arrest.
    Ms D'Arcy and Mr Farrell were taken to Shannon garda station for questioning and were later released without charge. A file is being prepared for the DPP.
    It is the latest in a series of security breaches at the airport by anti-war campaigners. Fianna Fail transport spokesman Timmy Dooley said he was concerned that such incursions could make it into the international media and negatively impact on decisions by airlines to come to Shannon.
    Gardai said the perimeter fence did not reveal any obvious damage and it appeared the duo had scaled the fence.
    Two inbound flights were slightly delayed as a result of the action. An airport spokesman said: "A security incident occurred and is being investigated by gardai."

    EDIT- Think this is them in the centre of the photo. - LINK


Comments

  • #2
    Melion
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


    Fúcking idiots, i wish they were on the runway when a plane came in to land


  • #3
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Wow...

    Commended for trying to take action. and not let age stop her.
    Punished for creating a security hazardthat could have ended very nasty indeed.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Oh would the Galway Alliance Against War ever just f*ck off?


  • #5
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    On the one hand pole-vaulting grannies are always a crowd-pleaser, on the other hand running onto a runway is dangerous and a silly thing to do.


  • #6
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
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    Absolute spanners. On top of trespassing and potentially disrupting flights, what were they hoping to achieve?

    Were they hoping Obama would hear about it and pull out of Afghanistan?


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  • #7
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    http://imageshack.us/a/img62/3866/1373407o.gif


  • #8
    snubbleste
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    Well done to them for highlighting that security at shannon airport is very lax


  • #9
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Well done to them for highlighting that security at shannon airport is very lax

    Yeah. That's what they were trying to do alright.


  • #10
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,821 ✭✭✭phill106


    Is there anything to be said for a few landmines? :)


  • #11
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    phill106 wrote: »
    Is there anything to be said for a few landmines? :)

    On a runway???

    Now, there's a plot for a Hollywood movie right there.


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  • #12
    FatherLen
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    were they not protesting the use of shannon by the U.S. in their war in Afghanistan?
    If they were, i say fair play.


  • #13
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    FatherLen wrote: »
    were they not protesting the use of shannon by the U.S. in their war in Afghanistan?
    If they were, i say fair play.

    Running out on to a runway is not a "fair play" kind of protest.

    There's loads of ways of protesting that aren't f*cking stupid. This was not one of those ways.


  • #14
    MJ23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    Idiots


  • #15
    FatherLen
    Registered Users Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Running out on to a runway is not a "fair play" kind of protest.

    There's loads of ways of protesting that aren't f*cking stupid. This was not one of those ways.

    they have been using those forms of protest for a long time now and nothing has come of it. this has at least brought the issue back to public attention for probably and unfortunately a short time.


  • #16
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,133 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Shenshen wrote: »
    On a runway???

    Now, there's a plot for a Hollywood movie right there.

    Grannies on a plane?

    Starring Madonna


  • #17
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    FatherLen wrote: »
    they have been using those forms of protest for a long time now and nothing has come of it.

    That doesn't mean it's any less of a stupid way of doing things.

    The same people would be in arms about how the airport should have had tighter security if she ended up getting run over while on her protest.


  • #18
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Allyall wrote: »
    Thought this was brilliant. Fair play to her (and him).

    Not sure i can imagine too many 78 year olds, that would be willing to, let alone able to, scale an airport fence, and run towards the Runway.

    Should she be commended or punished?

    Woman (78) arrested on airport runway


    EDIT- Think this is them in the centre of the photo. - LINK

    What a bright person you must be to find this brilliant "Fair play to her". Endangering her own life and that of others for all she knew. "Mad yoke" alright


  • #19
    Momento Mori
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭Momento Mori


    Well, that's ballsy.

    If THEY can do it I fear to know who else could.


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