europatour bush

[ballyferry]

hi, weiss jemand genaueres, wann sich mr. bush in irland aufhalten wird?
blöderweise befürchte ich, dass es leider genau zu meiner urlaubszeit sein wird und u.a. auch in ennis, das ich u.a. für mein urlaubsziel ausgesucht habe. wisst ihr, ob es so was wie einen terminkalender seiner tour gibt?

[Gast12952]

Hallo
Du hast noch mal Glück gehabt ! Bush wird voraussichtlich am späten
Abend des 25.Juni anreisen. Übernachten wird er in Dromoland Castle oder im Ashford Castle. Nach einem 2 stündigen, formellen Treffen, folgt ein sogenanntes Arbeitsessen, was immer dies auch sein mag.
Anschließend reist Bush wieder schleunigst ab, damit es ihm nicht wie
Reagan vor 20 Jahren ergeht, der mächtig Fett abbekommen hat.
The Erneman

[ballyferry]

hi erneman,
danke für die info!
wie es aussieht, hab ich wirklich glück. wir werden nämlich ab 12. juni eine woche auf dingle verbringen und dann weiter richtung ennis fahren und uns die gegend rund um die cliffs of moher anschauen. geplant ist also, dass wir am 25. juni wieder richtung dublin fahren, weil der flieger uns zeitig in der früh am 26tn wieder heimwärts bringen wird.
also dürften wir wirklich ums a..... dem bushbesuch entkommen..... !!

schönen sonntag noch..!

[oglwie]

Hallo,
ich hab ion der Rubrik "Irlandflüge" was reingestellt, zum Thema Europabesuch Bush.
Wir fliegen am 19.06. nach Shannon und haben einen Rückflug am 26.06. von Shannon aus. Mein Merkblatt vom Reiseveranstalter sagte und, dass es an diesen Tagen zu erhöhten Sicherheitsmaßnahmen kommen wird und Abfliegende 4 Stunden vor Abflug am Flughafen sein sollen.
Ob das allerdings auch für andere Flughäfen gilt weiß ich nicht.

Grüße
Oliver

[ballyferry]

oglwie schrieb:
"es an diesen Tagen zu erhöhten Sicherheitsmaßnahmen kommen wird und A
bfliegende 4 Stunden vor Abflug am Flughafen sein sollen.
Ob das allerdings auch für andere Flughäfen gilt weiß ich nicht."

hi oliver,
danke für die info! ich hoffe, dass das nicht für den fh in dublin zutrifft.
würde nämlich bedeuten, dass wir am 26. um 3.00 morgens einckecken müssten ..
egal, denn ändern kömmas eh nicht mehr - in 4 stunden gehts ab nach irland... ! juhuu
grüße silvia

[Harry]

Huge force of 6,000 called up to keep Bush safe
Saturday June 12th 2004




ALMOST 6,000 gardai and troops will be deployed in an unprecedented security operation for the visit of US President George Bush.

The big protection build-up to the visit started yesterday when heavily armed patrols manned by detectives from the Garda's elite emergency response unit were sent into the south-west region.

The massive security plan will be finalised next week when US Secret Service agents arrive here to review the blueprint with senior garda and army officers.

But details of the plan masterminded by Assistant Garda Commissioner Dermot Jennings emerged last night as officers prepared for the most elaborate presidential protection operation to date.

The blueprint includes: almost 4,000 gardai on duty on June 25 and 26, mainly deployed around Shannon airport and Dromoland Castle in Co Clare; back-up from 2,000 members of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service, including bomb disposal experts; a special detention and processing centre to cope with 150 troublemakers to be set up in Shannon town; surface to air missiles placed on stand-by; no flight zone around Dromoland and a heavily restricted area over Shannon; and special passes for local residents to facilitate access through the security cordons being thrown around key areas.

Special security teams are also being set up to protect other VIPs arriving here for the US-EU summit in Dromoland, including US secretary of state, Colin Powell, US national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, US commerce secretary, Donald Evans, EU commission president, Romano Prodi, and EU security boss, Javier Solana.

A purpose-built command centre has been established by Mr Jennings at Shannon garda station to be manned by emergency planning teams that will also include local authority officials and fire service and ambulance chiefs.

Naval Service vessels will patrol the coastline while rivers and inland waterways will be checked out by garda boats.

A zone between the airport and Dromoland is being "sterilised" with manhole covers sealed and other potential attack launch sites closely examined over the next fortnight.

The US agents will act as close-in bodyguards for President Bush while he is here from the evening of June 25 until after lunch on June 26 but although armed, they are not being granted diplomatic immunity.

The American CAT (counter action team) will be accompanied by a huge array of weapons, mainly handguns, in an estate wagon that will be part of the presidential cavalcade.

A senior garda officer said last night: "We don't anticipate any major problems with the protest groups planning to demonstrate. "But we can't afford to take any chances and must have a plan in place, particularly as the security risk to Mr Bush is much greater than for any other US president to visit here, because of the war in Iraq," he added. Meanwhile, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday expressed his confidence in the Gardai and the Army. "Obviously, security is a big issue. But I think we successfully looked after the May Day events and we had people from all over Europe and the Middle East region during the EU presidency." The summit, which will take place four days before the handover of power in Iraq, will be dominated by events in that region, Mr Ahern admitted.

But he was optimistic that world leaders could make some headway in the Middle East talks while here.

Tom Brady
Security Editor

www.unison.ie