In 2003, Mary Kelly broke into Shannon Airport in the West of Ireland and damaged a plane belonging to the US military. She justified her actions on the basis that she was acting to "save the innocent lives of people in Iraq". Pierce, Alex and Gavin consider the nature of the crime which Ms Kelly was put on trial for, the defence which she attempted to use and how she, a non-lawyer, outsmarted everyone in the court - including the judge. We also discuss Irish neutrality.

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