Man facing extradition in connection with 1982 bombing in Armagh
He is wanted in connection with an explosion in October 1982 which killed three members of the RUC in Lurgan.
A man is to appear in court on Thursday morning on foot of an extradition warrant for alleged historic terrorist offences in Northern Ireland
The 61-year-old was arrested by gardai from the Garda Extradition Unit on Wednesday evening following an extradition request from the PSNI.
He is wanted in connection with an explosion in October 1982 which killed three members of the RUC in Lurgan.
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He was held overnight at a Garda Station in the Eastern Region and is expected to appear before the High Court, in Dublin on Thursday morning.
Three RUC officers were killed by the bomb in 1982 which exploded beneath their armoured police car.
The officers were investigating the report of a robbery in Lurgan near Belfast when the bomb exploded and sent their car 40 yards into a field and caused a crater 18 metres wide and seven metres deep.
The policemen were named as Sgt Sean Quinn, Constable Alan McCloy and Constable Paul Hamilton.
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