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Thu 06 Jun 2004Fears prisoners are passing through ShannonSeanad report: The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, said it would cause him grave concern if he thought that people were being smuggled through Irish territory in circumstances that amounted to unlawful detention.He was replying to Dr Mary Henry (Ind), who voiced concern that prisoners might be passing through Shannon Airport on their way to Guantanamo Bay.