Govt waits on Colombia Three extradition request

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

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern ended his holidays early and sent an Irish Ambassador to Bogota in a bid to defuse a political row that has already drawn in the British and US governments, the EU Parliament and dealt a serious blow to the Northern Ireland peace process.