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Pictures: Gardaí and Defence Forces carry out dramatic terror training at Shannon Airport

It involved a number of Garda units.

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GARDAÍ AND MEMBERS of the Defence Forces today carried out a bilateral training exercise at Shannon Airport.

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The focus of the exercise was to examine the response to a simulated major armed incident by local gardaí, Garda operational and strategic command personnel, ERU (Emergency Response Unit), ASU (Regional Armed Support Unit) and the Garda Air Support Unit.

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The exercises also included the Defence Forces tri-service assets including Army perimeter security and EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), the Naval Service and Air Corps assets and Shannon Airport Police personnel.

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Gardaí say the objective of the exercise was to test the responses and interoperability of agencies in support of the gardaí, who hold primary responsibility in such cases.

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