Almost two years after jumping out of an aeroplane to mark her 90th birthday, Cork-born Lelia Doolan is showing that conscientious protest is not just the preserve of the young. The near 92-year-old film producer will begin walking from Shannon Airport to Leinster House on March 31 in protest at the use of Shannon Airport as a transit point for the US military. “The only alternative was climbing over the fence at Shannon Airport,” she told the Irish Examiner. Lelia Doolan: 'I’m afraid that what is happening is making us dangerously complicit in the deaths of women and children.' For decades, Shannon Airport has hosted US military planes, sparking protests, legal battles, and questions about Ireland’s neutrality.

Source: Irish Examiner March 28, 2026 11:50 UTC