Garland extradition case adjourned to October
The High Court has further adjourned to early October the American application to extradite the former Workers' Party President Sean Garland over his alleged involvement in a large-scale operation to make high quality counterfeit US dollars.
US authorities claim Mr Garland (aged 74), of Beldonstown, Brownstown, Navan, Co Meath, conspired with others outside the United States as part of a counterfeiting operation involving almost perfect copies of US dollars.
It is also alleged the counterfeiting involved the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - North Korea.
Today the High Court was told that Mr Garland's legal team had filed their points of objection to any order being made for his surrender to the US.
Jeremy Maher SC for the State, said it would be practical to have the matter put back to early October when the new legal term commences.
Counsel said that the state had already received one affidavit supporting Mr Garland's objections and expected to receive three or four more.
Mr Justice Michael Peart said that he was adjourning the matter to October 7 next. He remanded Mr Garland on continuing bail to that date.
Mr Garland, who was present when the matter was mentioned before the court, is a former IRA activist who was instrumental in persuading the official IRA to cease its campaign of violence in 1973.
Mr Garland was elected president of The Workers' Party in 2006 and retired from the presidency in May last year.
He remains a member of the party's Central Executive Committee and its National Treasurer.
