ETA terrorist believed to be in Ireland

An international arrest warrant has been issued for a terrorist from the Basque separatist group ETA who is believed to be in Ireland.

The warrant was put out by a Spanish judge today after Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos failed to appear at the National Criminal Court in Madrid.

De Juana was released from prison this summer after serving 21 years for the murder of 25 people in the 1980s.

He was due to answer questions from the Spanish judge over an alleged case of exalting terrorism - which is a criminal offence in Spain.