Colombia told request will be considered

THE Colombian government was assured their request to extradite three Sinn Féin members from Ireland would be given full consideration by the Attorney General (AG) and the Department of Justice yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Colombian foreign minister revealed that much of their fledgling peace process was based on the Good Friday agreement and she thanked Ireland for contributing €390,000 to a fund supporting the process.

Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern met his Colombian counterpart, Carolina Barco, in New York yesterday where he was addressing the United Nations general assembly.