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Irish Man Appears On
2019 Leo Varadkar Backs British Request To Eurpol’s Most Wanted List

23rd, Extend Brexit Deadline C

October Lextending the UK’s President & Founding
eo Varadkar said
that he supports
Publisher
| Brexit deadline. Paddy McCarthy
It came after MPs at
EXAMINER Westminster Minister An Irish man is among the most Associate Publisher
Editor
rejected
Grahame Curtis
Prime
British
Boris Johnson’s plan to
Marc-Yves Tumin
IRISH fast-track Brexit legislation wanted list by the European Union’s News Editor
through Parliament.
crime Agency Europol for drug traf-
David Carter
during
Speaking
ficking and other serious crimes.
Leader’s Questions on Europol has launched a campaign Arts & Entertainment Editor
Wednesday, The showing its “most wanted” people Brad Balfour
Taoiseach said he will sup- accused or convicted of serious and Sales Director
port an extension to organized crimes. John O’Rourke
January 31. Irish national James Kelly, 57, who
“There is no extension is wanted in the United Kingdom for Classified Advertising
John O’Rourke
agreed, the European drugs trafficking is among those list-
Union has not agreed an “I agreed to that but UK to leave the European ed. Art Director
extension for the UK as that’s not yet agreed by the Union in an orderly fash- Kelly is wanted by the UK’s Heidi Gross Kelley
yet,” he told the Dáil. 27, and we may have to ion.” National Crime Agency on suspicion Contributors
Joe Murphy, Joe Kavanagh, C.S.
“President (Donald) have an emergency He added: “It also cre- of conspiracy to kidnap and two O’Brien, Mike Fitzpatrick, Seamus
Tusk is currently in the European Council over the ates a unique solution for offences of conspiracy to import Kelleher, Bert Randolph Sugar, John
process of consulting the course of the next few days Northern Ireland, recognis- Class A drugs. Mooney, Neil McDaid, Aine Fox, Sean
McCarthy, Mike Bowen, Marc-Yves
27 heads of state and gov- to discuss it if he can’t get ing the unique history and His current status is listed as “on Tumin, Jack McGrath, Charley Brady,
ernment. consensus. geography of Northern the run” and an investigation is ongo- Patrick Hurley, Catherine Wylie, Alicia
“We spoke this morn- “My bags are always Ireland. ing. Colon, Jason Gallagher, Jackie Cahill, Bill
ing. He is recommending packed for Brussels and “It ensures there is no Of the 21 fugitives featured on the Daly, Jim McKeon
that we accept an exten- packed they are again.” hard border between north Europol Crime Has No Gender site, Contributing Photographers
sion until January 31 that Mr Varadkar also and south, that the all- 18 are women and three are men. C Leo Doyle, Danny McCabe, Roger
Wong
could be terminated early praised Mr Johnson’s pro- Ireland economy can con-
if the House of Commons posed Withdrawal tinue to develop and it pro- Pension Plan For Severely Circulation
John Philip, Manager
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