Plane Mad was an Irish

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group that campaigned against the

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industry's contribution to

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for a short period in the late 2000s. It was established in 2007, and was a sister group to the

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group

Plane Stupid Plane Stupid is a UK-focused group of environmental protesters who state their aim as wanting to see an end to airport expansion for what it sees as "unnecessary and unsustainable" flights. It is a loose association of autonomous regional grou ...

. It was a non-hierarchical organisation. Its four main demands were: *An end to airport expansion *An end to subsidies for internal flights *A ban on advertising of aviation *A tax on aviation fuel In September 2008, it interrupted the

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AGM at Dublin Airport, during CEO Michael O'Leary's speech. In November 2008, it interrupted a speech by

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Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

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in north

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in protest at the planned expansion of

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External links

Plane Mad website
(As of February 6, 2017, this is no longer in service)

References

Civil disobedience Climate change organizations Environmental protests in the Republic of Ireland Radical environmentalism Protests in the Republic of Ireland Aviation and the environment {{activism-stub