The three Irishmen convicted of training anti-government rebels in Colombia have all been released without charge by gardaí in Dublin.

The three men convicted of training rebels in Colombia should be allowed to live in peace after completing garda interviews, it was claimed tonight.

A top Irish diplomat pledged today to explore ways in which Ireland could hand over three IRA-linked men convicted of supporting terrorism in Colombia, despite the lack of an extradition treaty.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has called on the Government to make moves to have the Colombia Three jailed in Ireland.

The Government has once again insisted that no behind-the-scenes deal was done with the Columbia Three relating to their surprise return to Ireland.

The Government is considering using Irish legislation to allow the Colombia Three to serve their prison sentences in Ireland, it emerged tonight.

The Democratic Unionist Party has demanded that the Irish Government ensure the Colombia Three are returned to Bogota to serve their prison sentences.

The Irish Government was tonight awaiting an official request to extradite three Irishmen convicted of training rebels back to Colombia.

European Union chiefs were today urged to put the Irish Government to the test over its attitude towards terrorism.

The extradition of the three Irishmen convicted of training anti-government rebels in Colombia is reportedly unlikely to ever take place.

Sinn Féin claimed today that the return of the Colombia Three to Ireland will not damage the peace process.

Three men wanted by Colombian authorities for training Marxist rebels may have plunged the Northern Ireland peace process into new difficulties by resurfacing in the Irish Republic, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern warned tonight.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today that the Irish Government did not do any deal to facilitate the return of the Colombia Three to Ireland and that the first he heard of their return was yesterday.

Colombia has demanded that the Irish government extradite the three IRA-linked fugitives who were sentenced to 17 years in prison by a Colombian court of training Marxist rebels in terrorist tactics.

One of three judges who oversaw the conviction of the so-called Colombia Three last year has questioned the evidence that was allowed in court.

Lawyers for three republicans convicted of providing terrorist training to Colombian guerrillas expressed hope today that the verdict would be overturned after a member of the three-judge panel said questioned the evidence that was allowed in court.

The three Irishmen who are facing lengthy prison terms for training anti-government rebels in Colombia have been placed on an Interpol watch-list for wanted international fugitives.

A 17-year sentence handed down to three republicans in Colombia last week was “a travesty of justice of international proportions”, Sinn Féin campaigners said today.

The Government would have to consider the legal aspects of any possible calls for the extradition of the three fugitive Irishmen on the run from Colombia, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

Two Sinn Féin delegates have arrived in Colombia to meet the lawyers of three republicans convicted of training Marxist rebels.

Interpol is set to prepare international arrest warrants for three Irishmen who have went into hiding after being sentenced to 17 years in a Colombian prison.

The three Irishmen facing severe jail terms for training terrorists in Colombia should hand themselves in, Tánaiste Mary Harney claimed today.

A Sinn Féin delegation is to travel to Colombia tomorrow to meet lawyers for the three Irishmen whose not guilty verdicts have been overturned.

The Government’s credibility will be tested if three republicans on the run from Colombian authorities return to Dublin, it was claimed today.

Hardline unionists have called for Sinn Féin's exclusion from politics in the North following a court decision to overturn the acquittal of the so-called Colombia Three.

The Colombian authorities have issued warrants for the arrest of the so-called Colombia Three following a Supreme Court ruling overturning their acquittal for training anti-government rebels.

Supporters of three Irish republicans facing 17 years in a Colombian jail are planning a desperate new strategy today to win their release.

Three republicans jailed for 17 years in Colombia have been the victims of a “mammoth miscarriage of justice”, their supporters claimed tonight.

The three Irishmen acquitted on terrorism charges in Colombia, but forced to remain in the country pending an appeal, have refused government protection.

The Government was tonight urged to maintain pressure on the Colombian authorities for a speedy appeal hearing into the case of three Irishmen detained in the country.

Three Irishmen freed from a Colombian jail should face a speedy retrial if they are forced to remain in the country, a former Irish foreign minister said today.

The Colombia Three have been freed after spending 34 months behind bars after being arrested on suspicion of training FARC rebels.

Campaigners for the release of three Irishmen detained in Colombia were tonight hopeful that the prisoners could be back in Ireland soon.

The Government must keep the pressure on Colombia’s President to respond within 10 days to its request that the case of three Irishmen be speeded up, campaigners insisted today.

The Colombian President has promised Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to look into speeding up the case of three Irishmen detained in his country, it emerged today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has called on the authorities in Colombia to permit the return to Ireland of three men who have been aquitted on charges of training Farc guerillas in the South American state.

The Government has sent official letters to Colombian authorities urging them to allow three Irishmen to return home, it was confirmed today.

Campaigners for three Irish men being held in Colombia say one of their lawyers is being followed by police and intelligence officers.

Three Irishmen cleared of training left-wing guerillas in Colombia may have to wait in the country for several months until an appeal by prosecutors is heard.

Lawyers for three men linked to the IRA who were convicted of using false passports said they would not pay a fine to secure their release from prison until Colombian authorities provide them with protection.

Lawyers for three Irish men who were convicted of using false passports said today they won’t pay a fine to free the men from prison until Colombian authorities provide them with protection.

The Colombian government was today urged to stop playing with the lives of three Irishmen acquitted this week of training Marxist rebels.

It is not yet clear whether three Irishmen cleared yesterday of training FARC guerillas whether they will be allowed to leave Colombia.

Sinn Féin tonight welcomed the decision to free the three Irishmen held in Colombia, but Assembly member Gerry Kelly said there was a lot of anger that the process had taken so long and had been subject to such “political interference”.