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Irish President called upon to release elderly peace activist

Irish president urged to free ailing peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy Pardon sought for elderly playwright jailed for refusing to stop protests over US military flights at Shannon airport Henry McDonald, Ireland correspondent The Observer, Saturday 25 January 2014 

Ireland‘s president, Michael D Higgins, is under growing pressure to release from prison a friend and cancer-stricken peace activist whose cause is being championed by some of the country’s most prominent artists.

Family and supporters of the ailing 79-year-old playwright Margaretta D’Arcy have called on Higgins to pardon the anti-war campaigner and secure her early release from Limerick jail, after she was given a three-month sentence for disrupting US military flights at Shannon airport in Ireland’s south-west….. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/25/irish-president-free-margaretta-darcy

January 28, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized