American anti-war campaigner Cindy Sheehan, whose son, US army mechanic Casey Sheehan, was killed just five days after arriving in Iraq, holds up a badge from Camp Casey where she set up a protest vigil outside the Texas ranch of US president George Bush. Ms Sheehan had a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern yesterday, at which she called for the Government to inspect US military aircraft at Shannon.

Photograph: David Sleator

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