She was arrested ( while four months pregnant ) in 1996 on an extradition warrant issued by Germany accusing her of involvement in the Osnabrück mortar attack against a British Army compound at Osnabrück . On 2 January 1998 , a magistrate cleared her extradition to Germany . After a long and prominent campaign in which her mother took a leading role supported by many influential citizens , including politicians , from the Republic of Ireland , the United Kingdom and the United States , British Home Secretary Jack Straw vetoed the extradition on health grounds . She eventually gave birth to a healthy daughter , Loinnir , in England
Osnabrück mortar attack
Osnabrück mortar attack
Róisín McAliskey