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Ex-Irish soldier Lisa Smith jailed for 15 months for IS membership

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group. The 40-year-old ex-Defence Forces member was found guilty in May of IS membership but was cleared of a ...

22 Jul 2022 at 14:18

National News

Northern Ireland terrorism threat level reduced by MI5 for first time in 12 years

The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been lowered from severe to substantial for the first time in 12 years, Secretary of State Brandon Lewis announced. The decision to change the threat level is taken by MI5, independent of ...

22 Mar 2022 at 12:40

Judge to give ruling in police bid for Birmingham bombing journalist material

National News

Judge to rule in police bid for Birmingham bombing journalist material

A judge is expected to deliver his ruling in the case of a journalist who investigated the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings and resisted a police bid to force him to reveal his sources. Chris Mullin, 74, is challenging an application by West ...

22 Mar 2022 at 10:27

National News

Judge rules material from Troubles documentaries be handed to PSNI for terror probe

The BBC is to hand over broadcasted and unbroadcasted material from a documentary series about Northern Ireland’s Troubles to the police as part of investigations into terrorist activity, a judge has said. An order was made at Belfast ...

07 Apr 2022 at 17:45

National News

Man arrested over security alert in Belfast

Police investigating a security alert which led to Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney being evacuated from a peace event have carried out a search of a house in Belfast. Officers have also arrested a 33-year-old man under ...

07 Apr 2022 at 12:17

Court hears former soldier Lisa Smith married member of al Qaeda in Syria

National News

Court hears former soldier Lisa Smith married member of al Queda in Syria

Former Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith married a member of al Qaeda and stayed in a “bombed-out” house where militia and rebels held meetings when she was in Syria, her trial has heard. The Co Louth woman, 39, has pleaded not ...

27 Jan 2022 at 17:29

National News

Lisa Smith tried to justify suicide bombings, former friend tells trial

Former Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith was interested in the “harsh end of Islam” and tried to justify suicide bombs, the Special Criminal Court has heard. The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, has pleaded not guilty to charges of ...

26 Jan 2022 at 15:40

National News

US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims’ names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on US soil. Victims’ relatives and dignitaries will convene on ...

11 Sept 2022 at 11:49

Views & Opinion

Please release me - the time I spent Halloween behind bars!

I spent Halloween night, 2006, behind bars! In jail. In a penitentiary to be precise. Little did I know when boarding a flight for New York that I, my wife and two daughters, would end up in the penitentiary in ...

29 Oct 2021 at 11:31

National News

UK teenagers arrested following hostage situation by British man at US synagogue

Two teenagers have been arrested in Manchester after a British man flew to the US, bought a weapon and held people hostage in a 10-hour stand-off at a synagogue. Malik Faisal Akram, originally from Blackburn ...

17 Jan 2022 at 11:42

Northern Ireland

Home Office should legislate over glorification of terrorism in NI, says DUP MP

The UK Government should legislate to outlaw the glorification of terrorism in Northern Ireland, a Commons committee has been told. DUP MP Carla Lockhart raised concerns about the attendance this week of ...

08 Mar 2023 at 12:46

National News

Former Irish soldier loses appeal against severity of sentence for IS membership

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has lost an appeal against the severity of her sentence to 15 months in prison for being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group. Delivering the ...

08 Mar 2023 at 12:44

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