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Couple seek to have overturned conviction for female genital mutilation declared miscarriage of justice

October 10, 2025 Pamela Fraher  

(RTÉ) A couple whose convictions for the female genital mutilation of their one-year-old daughter … were overturned on appeal have been given a hearing date for their certificate of miscarriage of justice application. In what was the first trial of its kind […]

Children & Teens

Boy given eight years’ detention for stabbing chaplain

April 29, 2025 Vivienne Traynor  

(RTÉ) A 17-year-old boy who repeatedly stabbed an Army chaplain outside a barracks last year has been sentenced to ten years’ detention with the final two years suspended. The boy had pleaded guilty to attempting to murder Fr Paul Murphy by stabbing […]

Academics & Education

Clonskeagh Quranic school rejects allegations of wrongdoing

April 27, 2025 Joan O'Sullivan  

(RTÉ) The Quranic school, which was based at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Dublin (ICCI), has issued a statement rejecting allegations of wrongdoing. It comes after the centre was closed this week by the ICCI’s newly appointed board of directors. It follows […]

Mosques

ICCI ‘stifled’ by exclusion, lack of vision, says Irish Muslim Council

April 25, 2025 Joan O'Sullivan  

(RTÉ) The Islamic Cultural Centre has been stifled by exclusion and a lack of vision which prevented it from ever reaching its true potential, the Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council has said. It said the mosque failed to represent the diversity […]

Mosques

Closure of Islamic centre in Dublin after ‘unprecedented’ incident

April 24, 2025 Samantha Libreri  

(RTÉ) The Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh in Dublin has been closed to the public after an incident at the weekend. It is understood that it occurred as a result of internal issues. Videos circulating on social media, believed to be from […]

Legal

Lawyer says no ‘smoking gun’ Smith did anything for IS in Syria

April 10, 2025 Unlisted Author  

(RTÉ) Former member of the Defence Forces Lisa Smith led a “totally anonymous” life while living in Syria and there was no “smoking gun” that she did anything for the so-called Islamic State, her lawyer has told the Court of Appeal. Smith, […]

Government & Politics

TikTok, X and Instagram ‘exposed to terrorist content’

November 13, 2024 Brian O'Donovan  

(RTÉ) Media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has found that TikTok, X and Instagram are “exposed to terrorist content.” The organisation has issued the decision following the notification of removal orders to these platforms from EU authorities. The companies must now take specific […]

Government & Politics

Britain can impose entry ban on Lisa Smith — UK court

April 6, 2023 Unlisted Author  

(RTÉ) The British government has won an appeal against a tribunal’s conclusion that a UK entry ban could not be imposed on an Irish former soldier convicted of membership of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group. Lisa Smith, 41, [a] former […]

Legal

Lisa Smith loses appeal over severity of sentence

March 8, 2023 Paul Reynolds  

(RTÉ) The former member of the Defence Forces Lisa Smith has lost her appeal against the severity of her sentence for membership of the Islamic State terrorist organisation, ISIS. The 41-year-old mother of one was jailed for 15 months at the Special […]

Legal

Appeal decision on Lisa Smith sentence due on Wednesday

March 6, 2023 Orla O'Donnell  

(RTÉ) The Court of Appeal will give its decision this week on an appeal by former soldier Lisa Smith against her 15-month sentence for membership of the terrorist organisation ISIS. Lawyers for Smith, who was convicted last year by the Special Criminal […]

Legal

Lisa Smith begins appeal over 15-month jail sentence

October 4, 2022 Paul Reynolds  

(RTÉ) Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has begun an appeal against the severity of her 15-month jail sentence for membership of the Islamic State terrorist organisation. Senior counsel Michael O’ Higgins submitted that the sentence was “too high” and that Smith was […]

Legal

Court of Appeal refuses to hear Lisa Smith bail application today

July 27, 2022 Unlisted Author  

(RTÉ) The Court of Appeal refused to hear a bail application this afternoon for Lisa Smith. The former Irish soldier was sentenced to 15 months in prison just five days ago for joining Isis when she travelled to Syria in 2015. However, […]

Legal

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith jailed for 15 months for IS membership

July 22, 2022 Paul Reynolds  

(RTÉ) Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has been sentenced to 15 months in prison at the Special Criminal Court for membership of ISIS, the Islamic State terrorist organisation. The 40-year-old mother-of-one is the first person to be convicted in an Irish court […]

Law Enforcement

Special Criminal Court rules Lisa Smith arrest was lawful

February 1, 2022 Paul Reynolds  

(RTÉ) A former Defence Forces member accused of terrorist offences has lost a challenge in court to the legality of her arrest just over two years ago. Lisa Smith has pleaded not guilty to financing terrorism and membership of the terrorist organisation […]

Legal

Court hears Smith espoused ‘politicised’ and ‘harsh’ approach to Islam

January 26, 2022 Paul Reynolds  

(RTÉ) The Special Criminal Court has been told that Lisa Smith espoused a very “politicised” and “harsh” approach to Islam and wanted a husband who would be “a shaheed,” a martyr. Carol Karimah Duffy said she knew Ms Smith and her family […]

Legal

Lisa Smith pleads not guilty to terrorism and money laundering charges

January 25, 2022 Paul Reynolds  

(RTÉ) Lisa Smith had an avatar on her Facebook page which indicated she was a follower of ISIS, according to a Muslim woman who testified at the Special Criminal Court this afternoon. The 39-year-old former member of the Defence Forces pleaded not […]

Children & Teens

‘I don’t think I will be going back’ to Ireland — Lisa Smith

July 18, 2019 Norma Costello  

(RTÉ) The Irish woman who travelled to Islamic State-controlled territory and who is now being detained in a Syrian camp has said she does not think she will ever be coming back to Ireland. In an interview with journalist Norma Costello for […]

News: Europe

Joining IS ‘wasn’t worth it; we failed,’ says Lisa Smith

July 18, 2019 Norma Costello  

(RTÉ) “It wasn’t worth it. We failed,” says Lisa Smith of her decision to leave Ireland and join the caliphate in Syria around three years ago. “What we believed; we actually thought it was going to be an Islamic State … and we would […]

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