Downey to launch Supreme Court bid to halt extradition over 1972 murder

John Downey has lost a Court of Appeal challenge seeking to prevent his extradition to Northern Ireland in connection with the 1972 Enniskillen bombing. The 67-year-old, arrested in November 2018 at his home in Creeslough, Co Donegal, faces charges relating to the deaths of two British Army soldiers, Lance Corporal Alfred Johnston and Private James Eames, who were killed on 25 August 1972 when an explosive device…