Irish politicians to attend Colombia trial
Wednesday, 13 November 2002 18:00
RTE News has learned that members of the Labour Parliamentary Party have voted narrowly not to allow their Justice spokesman, Joe Costello, to accept an invitation to travel to Colombia to monitor the trial of the three Irishmen facing charges of training the FARC guerrilla movement.
Earlier, the committee campaigning to bring the three men home, announced that six members of the Oireachtas had accepted invitations in personal capacities to travel to Bogota later this month to see that the men get a fair trial.
The five going to Colombia are TDs, John Curran of Fianna Fáil, Sean Crowe of Sinn Féin and Independent TD Finian McGrath, and senators Mary White of Fianna Fáil and Paul Bradford of Fine Gael.
They are due to travel to Bogota for the next phase of the trial of the three men later this month.
The trip is being paid for by a support group for the three men.
- News At One: John Curran, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin West and one of five TDs and senators travelling to Colombia for the trial of three Irishmen, discusses the reasons behind the trip
- News At One: Joe Costello of Labour discusses the decision made by the party not to send him along with the delegation
- 1.00 News: Charlie Bird, Cheif News Correspondent, reports
- 1.00 News: Sinéad Crowley reports that Colombia has launched a rescue attempt for kidnapped bishop Ximenes
