The state spent 1.4 million euro to provide security to US military passing through Shannon Airport last year.
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That's according to new figures provided by the Departments of Defence and Justice, in reply to a Dail question from Independent TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed that the State spent €1.2m providing Garda protection at Shannon in 2015, while the army bill came to €180,000.
Between 2003 and 2009, the bill for protecting the US military at Shannon stood at almost €18m.
