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Fintan Lane Update (17th December 2003) & Financial Appeal
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Wednesday December 17, 2003 18:48 by Dominic Carroll - Cork Anti-War Campaign / Clonakilty Against the War corkantiwar at hotmail dot com 087 1258325
Fintan Lane is serving a 60-day prison sentence in Limerick Prison for his refusal to pay a €750 fine imposed on him for his part in a peaceful protest at Shannon Airport in October 2003. Fintan Lane has now served 22 days of his 60-day sentence. He is in good form and looking forward to a 36-hour Christmas release. He will be released on Christmas Eve and will return to prison on St Stephen’s Day. His sentence will run until 25th January. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4There is a protest bus going from Galway to Limerick on Saturday see:
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=62743
There were two pieces on Fintan in today's Irish Times. I did an interview in Radio na Life (Dublin) and they asked me about it.
Correction:
My arithmetic is off above: Fintan will be released for 60 hours, not 36.
Clarification:
If you wish to donate to the Fintan Lane Appeal, full bank details are as follows:
Account name: Cork Anti-War Campaign
Account no: 03811074
Bank: Allied Irish Bank (AIB)
Address: College Road, Cork (sort code: 930121)
This letter was published in yesterday's (17th December 2003) Irish Times and Irish Examiner:
WE, the undersigned, wish to register our protest at the imprisonment of our fellow Irish historian, Fintan Lane, and join in the call for his immediate release. Fintan is serving a sixty-day sentence for his conscientious refusal to pay a fine arising from his participation in a peaceful protest at Shannon airport against the facilitation of the US military by the Irish government.
Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil,
Dr Carla King,
Dr Laurence Geary,
Prof John Horgan,
Dr Caitriona Clear,
Dr Hiram Morgan,
Prof Tom Dunne,
Dr Maria Luddy,
Dr Emmet O’Connor,
Dr Luke Gibbons,
Kenneth Nicholls,
Dr Maura Cronin,
Dr Kevin Whelan,
AF O’Brien,
Dr Clare O’Halloran,
Dr Matthew Stout,
Dr Sandra McAvoy,
Dr Andrew Newby,
Alan Burke,
Dr Brian Hanley,
Dr John Logan,
Dr Colm Ó Conaill,
Conor Kostick,
Dr Carmel Quinlan,
Dr Diarmuid Whelan,
Dr David Edwards.
A trustee has been appointed to oversee the Fintan Lane Appeal. Brendan O'Neil, a retired branch secretary of SIPTU (Cork), will adminster the appeal.
Account name: Cork Anti-War Campaign
Account no: 03811074
Bank: Allied Irish Bank (AIB)
Address: College Road, Cork (sort code: 930121)