Richard Greene (politician)
Extradition
Extradition
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Greene developed an interest in politics during the [1981 hunger strikes](/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike "1981 Irish hunger strike"), and campaigned on behalf of the [Guildford Four and Maguire Seven](/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Seven "Guildford Four and Maguire Seven") and the [Birmingham Six](/wiki/Birmingham_Six "Birmingham Six"). He subsequently joined [Fianna Fáil](/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il "Fianna Fáil"). He co\-founded an unofficial Fianna Fáil members' anti\-extradition association to oppose the implementation of the 1987 Extradition legislation, introduced under the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, which envisaged extradition from the [Republic of Ireland](/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland "Republic of Ireland") to [Northern Ireland](/wiki/Northern_Ireland "Northern Ireland"), and reduced the ability of [Irish republican](/wiki/Irish_republicanism "Irish republicanism") suspects to avoid extradition for "[political crimes](/wiki/Political_crime "Political crime")". The controversial case of [Father Patrick Ryan](/wiki/Father_Patrick_Ryan "Father Patrick Ryan") gave the group publicity. Greene was expelled from his [cumann](/wiki/Cumann "Cumann") of Fianna Fáil on 3 October 1988 for "conduct unbecoming a member",
 reinstated two weeks later on appeal to the [Dáil constituency](/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency "Dáil constituency") Comhairle, and re\-expelled by the national executive on 15 December.

In January 1990, Greene was elected to the founding executive of the [Irish National Congress](/wiki/Irish_National_Congress "Irish National Congress"), a newly formed lobby campaigning for "a British withdrawal from Ireland". He also campaigned against the extradition of [Dessie Ellis](/wiki/Dessie_Ellis "Dessie Ellis") in 1990\. He was a member of a committee which in 1991 secured a memorial in the [Garden of Remembrance](/wiki/Garden_of_Remembrance_%28Dublin%29 "Garden of Remembrance (Dublin)") to the victims of the 1974 [Dublin and Monaghan bombings](/wiki/Dublin_and_Monaghan_bombings "Dublin and Monaghan bombings").


Why was Father Patrick Ryan's case controversial?