Cork-based man wanted in North for alleged dissident activity

Alleged member of dissident republican group persuaded Supreme Court to hear appeal against order permitting extradition to UK

Seán Walsh submitted to the Supreme Court that he faces a real risk of being subjected to covert surveillance of his legal consultations and phone calls while in Maghaberry Prison, Co Antrim.

An alleged member of a dissident republican paramilitary group has persuaded the Supreme Court to hear his appeal against an order permitting his extradition to the UK.

Seán Walsh, aged 56, is wanted in the North to face charges of IRA membership stemming from a police surveillance operation on a meeting of senior paramilitaries in Omagh, Co Tyrone, in July 2020.