State Papers 1988: Haughey refusal to extradite ‘mad priest’ riled Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher accused the Irish Government of doing nothing to help extradite a priest who allegedly worked for the IRA, state papers have revealed.

State Papers 1988: Haughey refusal to extradite ‘mad priest’ riled Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher accused the Irish Government of doing nothing to help extradite a priest who allegedly worked for the IRA, state papers have revealed.

Suspected IRA quartermaster Fr Patrick Ryan was the subject of a lengthy legal battle in 1988.

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