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# munitions

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# century old
A Civil War mortar shell was found in a tree in Co Kildare
The munition was found in Ballymore Eustace.
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Mar 11th 2018, 12:19 PM
# munitions of war
What kind of weapons were six US airplanes refused access to Ireland carrying?
The description for the contents of most of the refused flights was ‘class 1 explosives’. The reasons for the refusals are as yet unclear however.
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Oct 7th 2017, 4:00 PM
# South Dublin
Hand grenade from nearly 100 years ago destroyed in controlled explosion near American embassy
The incident unfolded in Ballsbridge in south Dublin city earlier this afternoon.
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Aug 28th 2017, 3:35 PM
# Mick Wallace
349 US planes with war munitions allowed to land at Shannon. Zero were refused
However, thirteen overflights were refused due to the nature of their cargo.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 6:45 AM
Voices
Column: 'With a few surviving classmates, I stepped carefully over the dead and dying'
As a 13-year old schoolgirl, Setsuko Thurlow became a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Her harrowing testimony is a continuing reminder of the importance of nuclear disarmament, writes Jamie Walsh.
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Mar 27th 2014, 7:30 PM
# Northern Ireland
Police find large stash of guns and ammunition in Belfast
The semi-automatic handguns and more than 800 rounds of ammunition were reportedly found buried in the ground.
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Aug 24th 2013, 4:50 PM
# Theft
Ministry of Defence munitions stolen from English train
The materials are stable but could be hazardous if tampered with.
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Oct 27th 2012, 2:19 PM
# Burma
Burma 'halting arms purchases' from North Korea
Burma’s president has confirmed that his country has bought weapons from North Korea over the past 20 years and assured his South Korean counterpart that it will no longer do so.
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May 15th 2012, 2:15 PM
# Shannon Airport
Over 1,100 planes carrying military arms landed at Shannon Airport in 2011
The Minister for Transport has also said that under 250,000 American soldiers passed through the airport in 2011.
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Jan 24th 2012, 11:26 AM
# The Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
All the things you may have missed: Calls for Leaving Cert reform, Dublin’s Catholics could face a ‘church levy’, a bad day at work for someone in CityJet, and when Tom Waits met Cookie Monster…
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Aug 17th 2011, 8:02 PM
# Cluster bombs
Amnesty International ‘regrets’ accusing Aviva of investing in cluster bomb-makers
Human rights group forced into U-turn after statement this morning was found to have ‘out-of-date information’ on Aviva.
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Aug 16th 2011, 4:41 PM