Ard Fheis Debate: Will they extradite Haughey?
A rousing debate on extradition late on Friday evening showed the
anxiety and determination of delegates to allow no further Irish
victims of British `justice'. In a voice loud enough to be heard
in Leinster House if not Kinsealy, Sean Crowe asked delegates.
``What would be the answer of Fianna Fáil if the RUC sent a
warrant for a certain supposed gun-runner?''
The hypocrisy of Charles Haughey's government was also mentioned
by Danny Morrison when he explained that the Extradition Act
would retrospectively criminalise the entire fight for Irish
freedom. British judges could, in theory, try even those who set
up the 26-County state. ``What state anywhere in the world would
be so abject as to describe itself as being founded on a crime?''
he asked.
``Britain wants the Extradition Act passed as part of the
psychological warfare designed to humiliate Leinster House and to
make sure that Dublin understands its place in this British
world. The object is to soften up politicians down here for the
next debate on Articles 2 and 3 of the Leinster House
constitution. While these articles never saved the lives of one
Northern nationalist, we must stop Leinster House from caving in
once again to the dictates of Westminster.''
Phoblacht - 5 November 1987
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