 Justice Edwards told the court he was not disposed to grant the application and would furnish his reasons for doing so later.On 27 January 2012, Justice Edwards stated that since the offence for which the U.S. wanted to extradite was regarded as having been committed in Ireland the Court was prohibited from extraditing Garland.He was therefore obliged to refer the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions who would consider whether there was a case for prosecuting Garland in Ireland.