Cork council calls for halt to extraditions to Northern Ireland

Independent councillor criticises use of strip searching at Maghaberry

A prison Officer and a working dog inside Maghaberry Prison near Lisburn File photograph: Alan Betson

A prison Officer and a working dog inside Maghaberry Prison near Lisburn File photograph: Alan Betson

Cork County Council has called on the Government not to allow the extradition of any Irish citizen to Northern Ireland or any part of the UK amid fears that Britain will not adhere to European Convention on Human Rights following Brexit.

Councillors backed a motion from Cobh based Independent councillor Kieran McCarthy who expressed concern that Britain was engaging in cruel and degrading treatment of political prisoners in Maghaberry Prison near Lisburn.

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