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# margaretta d'arcy

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# shareholder meeting
Margaretta D'Arcy tried to perform a 'citizen's arrest' of AIB bosses over the tracker scandal
D’Arcy – who has a history of taking part in high-profile campaigns and activism – took to the stage at the EGM today.
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Nov 3rd 2017, 6:30 PM
# the guantanamo granny
Margaretta D'Arcy's secret to an interesting life: keep things fun (and avoid meetings)
Approaching her 82nd birthday, D’Arcy shows no signs of slowing down.
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May 28th 2016, 12:23 PM
# Detained
Two peace activists arrested on runway at Shannon Airport
The men were arrested for a suspected security breach.
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May 25th 2016, 8:25 AM
# margaretta says no
Sabina's friend has no problem supporting man who called Michael D 'midget'
Margaretta D’Arcy says she’ll campaign for the release of the Dublin Says No protesters. She hasn’t been asked for tea in the Áras recently, she added.
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Feb 20th 2015, 10:42 AM
# military flights
Anti-war activist to be arrested and jailed for Shannon Airport protest
Niall Farrell was convicted along with Margaretta D’Arcy last month.
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Jul 29th 2014, 6:45 AM
# Peace
Margaretta D'Arcy to be released from Limerick Prison
The 80-year-old anti-war activist had refused to sign a bond saying she would act lawfully and stay out of unauthorised zones in Shannon Airport.
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Jul 18th 2014, 8:28 AM
# prison protest
Jailed peace campaigner Margaretta D'Arcy refusing food
The 80-year-old was sent back to prison on Wednesday for refusing to sign a bond saying she wouldn’t enter Shannon Airport.
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Jul 12th 2014, 6:55 PM
# Shannon
Margaretta D'Arcy has been jailed again for refusing to sign a bond
The elderly peace activist has been returned to prison for refusing to comply with judge’s order.
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Jul 10th 2014, 5:00 PM
# Prime Numbers
Mars, Luiz Suarez, and property prices: The week in numbers
Plus: What was the average temperature around the world last month?
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Jun 28th 2014, 7:30 PM
# Protest
80-year-old activist Margaretta D'Arcy given two week sentence in court for Shannon protest
D’Arcy was ordered to sign a bond promising not to trespass at Shannon Airport – but she may not sign it.
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Jun 25th 2014, 10:42 AM
# extraordinary rendition
"We are now a blood-ridden country": Margaretta D'Arcy rounds on TDs over Shannon...
Some of them looked pretty stunned at the tirade…
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Jun 18th 2014, 7:15 PM
# telly
Margaretta D'Arcy appeared on the Saturday Night Show in her orange prison jumpsuit
Orange is the new black.
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Mar 23rd 2014, 9:48 AM
# Released
"If that's the way the cookie crumbles": Margaretta D'Arcy says she'll go back to prison if she has to
The veteran peace activist was released from Mountjoy women’s prison this morning. She’s due back before the courts on a separate charge in three month’s time.
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Mar 22nd 2014, 2:35 PM
# campaigning
From prison to the Saturday Night Show...Margaretta D'Arcy to be released today
The 79-year-old will be freed from the Dóchas Centre at Mountjoy Prison at 10.30am this morning.
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Mar 22nd 2014, 7:30 AM
# Free
Margaretta D'Arcy to be released from prison in ten days
However the 79-year-old campaigner will be back in court in June over charges relating to another protest at Shannon Airport.
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Mar 12th 2014, 8:45 AM
# Transfer
Margaretta D'Arcy moved to Mountjoy's Dóchas Centre
The peace activist is serving a three month sentence for refusing to stay out of unauthorised zones at Shannon Airport.
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Feb 14th 2014, 9:40 PM
# Anti-War
Margaretta D'Arcy will get a prison visit from Gerry Adams today
The 79-year-old anti-war campaigner is spending three months in prison for refusing to stay out of unauthorised zones at Shannon Airport.
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Feb 12th 2014, 9:20 AM
# US Military
Margaretta D’Arcy is in prison but activists continue to protest at Shannon Airport
A demonstration is planned for later today.
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Feb 9th 2014, 7:45 AM
# Shannon
Protest rally in solidarity with Margaretta D’Arcy to be held this weekend
The peace rally is being held in Shannon in opposition to the US military use of the airport.
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Feb 3rd 2014, 3:15 PM
Voices
Column: Peacemakers like Margaretta D’Arcy uphold the greater moral law
Margaretta, in her peaceful act of civil disobedience, was seeking to highlight our own government’s failure to uphold both Irish and international law. We should applaud her courage, writes Joe Murray.
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Jan 28th 2014, 7:00 AM
# Limerick Prison
Margaretta D'Arcy "in good spirits" in prison
D’Arcy, who is receiving treatment for cancer, has already been in Limerick Prison for 10 days.
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Jan 26th 2014, 12:23 PM
# margaretta d'arcy
"Nobody is above the rule of the law" - Shatter on Margaretta D'Arcy
A group of TDs tonight called for the release of the 79-year-old campaigner, but the Justice Minister says it is not up to him to interfere with the judiciary.
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Jan 21st 2014, 10:05 PM
# Jail
Protest being held condemning the jailing of Margaretta D’Arcy
The 79-year-old woman was jailed for three months for trespassing on the runway at Shannon Airport.
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Jan 17th 2014, 12:31 PM