31 January 2011
Irish Ship to Gaza bought for aid flotilla to set sail on March 30th
IRISH ACTIVISTS taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on March 30th have bought a vessel that can carry 25 passengers. Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Sinn Féin Derry City Councilor Gerry Mac Lochlainn will be on board the aid flotilla with other political figures and personalities.
A thousand people from across the world are expected be be taking part in the flotilla.
Committee members are due to meet in Madrid next week to finalise plans for the voyage.
Dr Fintan Lane of the Free Gaza Movement and the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign told The Irish Times that the boat, which is docked at a Mediterranean port, is Irish-owned.
International flotilla committee members are due to meet in Madrid next week to finalize plans for the voyage.
Shane Dillon, the skipper of one of the aid flotilla vessels stormed by Israeli commandos last May, will captain the Irish ship.
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