Eric Eoin Marques loses child pornography extradition challenge

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Eric Eoin Marques lost his High Court challenge over extradition for child pornography offences on 30 November 2017.

Ms Justice Donnelly refused his application to quash the Minister for Justice’s surrender order to the United States.

The court held that the Minister was not required to obtain the Director of Public Prosecutions’ reasons for not prosecuting him in Ireland.

It also found that the Minister had given sufficient consideration to the reasons Marques offered against surrender.