Unionists in Northern Ireland have called for the extradition from the Republic of Ireland of a former priest turned IRA member who admitted obtaining money and bomb components for the paramilitary organisation.
The Irish Times has reported Patrick Ryan who appeared in the BBC Spotlight on the Troubles documentary that he spent 10 years visiting Libya and Europe to raise money for the IRA.
It added that Ryan also discovered timers that made it easier for the IRA to arm bombs without being killed themselves, using one to detonate the 1984 bomb at the Tory party conference in Brighton, the programme reported.
Lord Empey, who is the Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party that fought against the Irish Republican Army, has appealed to the UN not to cave in to demands by Libya to relax its hold over frozen assets linked to Muammar Gaddafi, which are scattered around the world.
Lord Empey was speaking after reports came out saying that Libyan officials responsible for managing the country’s overseas assets met with the United Nations Libya sanctions committee.
Worth mentioning, Gaddafi supplied weaponry and Semtex to the IRA during the Troubles, and Libya has already paid out substantial compensation to US, German, and French victims of the attacks that Libya was accused of carrying out.
