Bernard Allen

Phil Hogan

Jimmy Deenihan

Labour

Tommy Broughan

Joe Costello

Joanna Tuffy

Kathleen Lynch

Ruairi Quinn

Emmet Stagg

Michael D. Higgins

Cíaran Lynch

Jack Wall

Willie Penrose

The Labour Parliamentary Group unanimously

passed a motion calling on the American Government

to withdraw the extradition proceedings against SEAN GARLAND

 

Sinn Féin

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Motions requesting the Administration of President

Barack Obama to withdraw the proceedings for the

extradition of SEAN GARLAND was passed by these

City, County, Urban and Town Councils.

 

Dublin City

Cork City

Waterford City

Galway County

South County Dublin

Kerry County

Kildare County

Monaghan County

Drogheda Borough

Kells Town

Carrickmacross Town

Cobh Town

Dundalk Town

Tralee Town

Sligo County Council

Navan Town Council

Wexford Corporation

Cavan County Council

Cavan Town Council

Leitrim County Council

This is the motion proposed  by Cllr. Michael Colreavy, seconded by Cllr Martin Kenny and passed unanimously by Leitrim County Council at meeting on Monday last 1 st Nov 2010. The motion will be sent by Council executive to Dept of an Taoiseach.

 

Motion: Leitrim County Council urges the Irish Government to request the
United States authorities withdraw their extradition warrant against Seán
Garland, former President of the Workers Party of Ireland. The warrant
against Mr Garland was issued by Condolezza Rice in the last days of the
Bush administration, indicting him for alleged conspiracy with North Korea
to counterfeit hundred dollar bills. No evidence has been presented to
support the extradition warrant and independent analysts have conclusively
demonstrated the notes in question could only be manufactured in the United
States, not in Korea as alleged. Mr Garland is a 76 year man in poor health
suffering from angina and diabetes and has been diagnosed with cancer. The
campaign against his extradition has already received widespread cross-party
support throughout Ireland, Europe and further afield, as well as trade
unions and significant figures in culture, arts, and academia. This is the
only way we can ensure Seán Garland’s constitutional rights as an Irish
citizen are protected.



Cllr Michael Colreavy

 

 

Trade Unions

Irish Congress of Trade Unions Executive Council

Peter Bunting, Deputy General Secretary

Patricia McKeown, Former President

Brendan Macklin, Former President

Phil Flynn, Former President

Drinks Tobacco anhd Wholesale Distribution Branch

SIPTU

Jack O'Connor,General President & President ICTU

Des Geraghty, Former General President

Patricia King, Regional Secretary

Noel Pocock, National Executive

Paul Hansard, National Executive

 

IMPACT

Pat Bolger, Assistant General Secretary

 

UCATT

Jimmy Moore, General Secretary

 

ASTI

Gerry Breslin

 

MANDATE

John Douglas, General Secretary

 

UNITE

Jimmy Kelly, Irish Secretary

 

TEEU

Eamon Devoy, General Secretary(Designate)

 

GMB

Paul Kenny General Secretary

 

CWU(Communication Workers Union

T Lavelle

Maria Exhall  CWU Executive

 

PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union)

 

 

 

NI Fire Brigade Union

Jim Barbour

Tony Maguire

 

International Transport Workers Federation

Ken Fleming

Unison Public Service Union Southwark Branch London

Marsha Thomspson Unison United Left

 

Trades Councils

Dublin

Cork

Belfast

Waterford

Fermanagh

Derry

Drogheda

Dublin Council of Trade Unions

Eric Fleming Secretary

Austin Harney Secretary Barnett Trades Union Council London and PCS Union Representative for Ministry of Justice

 

Dublin Construction Branch Committee SIPTU

 

Dublin Civil Aviation Branch Committee SIPTU

 

Billy Hayes, General Secretary Communication Workers Union of the United Kingdom - The Executive Council passed a motion supporting

The Stop the Extradition of Sean Garland Campaign.

 

Academics

 

Lord Bew, Queen's University Belfast

Professor Paul Teague, Queens Univeristy Belfast

Professor Henry Patterson, University of Ulster Co. Antrim

Professor Bill Bowring, London

Michael Donnelly, Academic Co-Ordinator

School of Political Science & Sociology NUI Galway

Dr. Tony Varley, Vice Dean College of Arts NUI Galway

Dr. Louis De Paor, Director of Irish Studies NUI Galway

Brendan Flynn, Lecturer School of Political Science & Sociology NUI Galway

Dr. Edward Campbell, Department of Philosophy NUI Galway.

Dr. Catriona Clear, Department of History NUI Galway

Dr. Padraig Lenihan, Department of HIstory Limerick University

Professor John Maguire, Professor Emeritus University College Cork.

Dr Kieran Allen, Department Sociology University College Dublin

Dr. Graham Spencer, Director of Political Studies Prortsmouth University.

 

Entertainers

Pete Seeger, US Singer/Songwriter

Christy Moore, Singer/Songwriter

Terry Sullivan, Irish American Folk Singer

Tommy Sands, International and National

Folk/Ballad Singer/Songwriter

Adrian Dunbar, Actor and Singer

Paudge Behan, Actor

Gerry Gregg, Film Producer

John Spillane, Singer/Songwriter

 

Writers and Broadcasters

Ulick O'Connor, Author/Historian

Tim Pat Coogan, Author/Historian

Eddie Naughton, Author

Danny Morrison, Author

Oliver McDonagh, Author

Martin Lynch, Playwright

Rodney Rice, Journalist/Broadcaster

Bobbie Hanvey, Photographer/Broadcaster

Roy Garland, Columnist & Executive Ulster Unionist Party

Joe Graham, Founder Rushlight Magazine

Gerry O'Hare, Journalist

Padraig Yeates, Journalist

Michael Longley  Contemporary Poet and Irelands Proffesor of Poetry 2007-2010

 

Prominent Citizens

Eamon Melaugh,  Founder NICRA Derry

Kevin McCorry, NICRA Organisor

Roger Cole, Chairman PANA

Barney Hartnett, Senior Citizens Parliament

Máirín De Búrca, Human/Civil Rights Activist

Edwina Stewart  Formerly  Secretary Northern Ireland

Civil Rights  Association

Margo Collins, Civil Rights Activist

Andy Pollock, OPSAHL Commission

Reverend Christopher Hudson MBE,

Founder Member Irish Peace Train Movement

Father Gerry Reynolds Clonard Monastery Belfast

Chris McGimpsey, Ulster Unionist Party West Belfast

The Late Tomás Mac Giolla, Former TD & Lord Mayor Dublin.

Mick Finnegan, President The Workers' Party

 

Legal Practitioners

Séamus Ó Tuatháil, Senior Counsel

Stuart McTaggart, Barrister Belfast

Gerry Grainger, Barrister Belfast

Gus Campbell, Barrister Armagh

Malachy Steenson, Solicitor MLL

Thomas Owens, LLB Irvinestown Co Fermanagh

Patrick Fahy, Solicitor Omagh Co Tyrone