Dessie Ellis
Desmond Ellis (born 23 September 1953) is an Irish
Sinn Féin politician who has been a
Teachta Dála (TD) for the
Dublin North-West constituency since the
2011 general election. During the 1970s and 1980s Ellis was a member of the
Provisional IRA until his arrest in Ireland in 1981. Ellis subsequently fled Ireland before being recaptured in the
United States and returned to Irish authorities. In 1983 Ellis was found guilty of possessing materials used to make explosive devices for the IRA and was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Irish court. In 1990 Ellis was the first person extradited from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom under the 1987 Extradition Act, on charges of terrorism on charges related to the 1982
Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings as well as the 1983
Harrods bombing, however Ellis was acquitted of these charges in 1991. Ellis moved into constitutional politics in 1999 when he was elected to
Dublin City Council, a position he held until he was elected to his current position as a Teachta Dála.
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