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 | | Anthony Hyland (26), Darren Mulholland (20), and Liam Grogan (21), all students at the time of their arrest in Britain in August 1998, were sentenced on May 21, 1999, for terms which were called “draconian” at the |
 | | Soon after their sentencing to three different, and widely scattered, British prisons, Hyland, Mulholland and Grogan petitioned the British and Irish Governments for their right to be repatriated to an Irish prison, where they could serve their time closer to their families. |
 | | Two days later, on Monday May 15th, POW Anthony (Tony) Hyland received a correspondence from the British Government stating that Jack Straw had signed the papers for release; and that it was just a matter of arranging transport. |
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