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Dubsky judgement set back to Dec. 9

category national | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Thursday November 03, 2005 20:51author by Michael

The High Court judgement in 'Eoin Dubsky v Government of Ireland' which was due tomorrow, Friday Nov. 4th, has been set back to December 9th.

Ms Justice Macken heard the case in February this year, and indicated that she would have a judgement ready within a month.

The case concerns US military overflights and refueling related to the Afghanistan war. Eoin began the case on September 11th 2002, a few days after he was arrested for spray-painting a US Air Force warplane at Shannon Airport with peace slogans.

The date of the trial was put back many times before it was finally heard. Likewise the judgement has been put back before. There's no telling whether Justice Macken will stick to the December 9th date either. There's no way to force her to stick to any deadline or timeline either.

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author by Brendanpublication date Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:14author address author phone

If she had given the judgement today it would be just before the jury in the Ploughshares case starts to deliberate.
The state probably expected that case to be finished by now using the old strategy of excluding witnesses, which thankfully didn't occur this time.
Fair play to Mr. Dubsky for his actions on the airfield and in the courts.
Best of luck to the Ploughshares 5.

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