Ireland's Blockade Reports

Five people, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Mark Chapman, Philip Mangold, Ann Patterson and Miriam Turley were arrested by Strathclyde police outside the UK trident nuclear submarine base at Faslane , Scotland on Saturday 9 December at 12 noon. Mairead Maguire is a Nobel Peace Laureate and honorary President of the Peace People . The five were part of a larger group called that had come from Ireland as part of the Faslane 365 campaign to protest against nuclear weapons of mass destruction at the Base. The blockade lasted about 40 minutes while the traffic was slowed down to a single lane. The other members of the group sang songs and shouted words of encouragement while the five were being arrested.

Media Release 6 Dec 06

Nobel Laureate among Peace group risking arrest in protest at UK’s government decision to spend billions on new nuclear weapons of mass destruction

There will be a Send- off rally, Friday 8th December, 3.30pm to 4.15pm outside the main gates of Belfast City Hall in support of the Make Trident History group who travel to Faslane in Scotland for a peaceful blockade of UK’s nuclear submarine base December 8-10