Lawyers for the State said that any issues raised about the levels of overcrowding and violence Jeremiah O’Brien could experience if he is surrendered needed to be addressed by the Greek state.

Jeremiah O’Brien (55), of Yellow Brick House, Roche’s Road, Rathkeale, Limerick is alleged to have facilitated the transportation of 66 human beings, without life jackets, from an unknown desert place near Nafplio, Greece towards Italy.

Before the High Court on Thursday morning was Jeremiah O’Brien (55), of Yellow Brick House, Roche’s Road, Rathkeale, Limerick.