Madam, - Dermot Ahern says that he accepts the statement by the US authorities that they "had never secretly transported suspected terrorists through Shannon Airport".
The devil is in the detail of the word "secretly".
I have never heard or seen reports of inspections by Irish authorities of any US aircraft passing through Shannon.
It can, therefore, be claimed that it was not done secretly.
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That does not mean that it was not done. - Yours, etc,
DERMOT TREACY, The Maple, Grange Hall, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.