Breaking/watch: actionist takes hammer to US warplane in Irish airport

A direct action activist in Ireland has used a hammer to damage a US warplane on the tarmac in Shannon airport. While posturing as opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza and US assistance for Israeli aggression, the Dublin government has allowed continued US use of Irish airports to supply Israel and attack peaceful nations.

Just last week, Irish anti-genocide activists called for “more actively disruptive protests” against Ireland’s collaboration in US crimes. Today, 11 April 2026, they appear to have got their wish as footage posted by Irish anti-Zionist ‘Páddafi’ shows the black-clad protester hammering away at the stabilisers of the military transport aircraft:

The US warplane in question had been identified this morning, after its overnight arrival in Shannon, by the ‘Shannonwatch’ human rights group:

US Air Force C-130H Hercules 91-1653 landed at Shannon yesterday from Rosecrans Air National Guard air base St Josephs Kansas, via St. John’s Canada. It spent the night at Shannon, and hasn’t yet gone in to its next military base.#USMilitaryOutOfShannon pic.twitter.com/BkllQx68HX

— Shannonwatch (@shannonwatch) April 11, 2026

The Irish government — and the craven Starmer regime in the UK — must stop enabling US wars of aggression and equipping of genocide.

Featured image via the Canary