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Former Irish soldier to be sentenced for Islamic State membership

A former Irish soldier found guilty of being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) is due to appear before a Dublin court on Friday for sentencing. Ex-Defence Forces member Lisa Smith, 40, was found guilty in May of membership of the IS ...

22 Jul 2022 at 03:45

National News

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 ...

22 Jul 2022 at 14:18

National News

Lisa Smith ‘answered the call to migrate’ to Syria, court hears

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith, who denies membership of so-called Islamic State, “specifically assessed, analysed and ultimately answered the call to migrate” to Syria, a court has heard. A prosecutor in the trial of the former Defence ...

29 Mar 2022 at 16:30

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

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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 guilty ...

27 Jan 2022 at 17:29

National News

Lawyers for ex-Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith challenge legality of arrest

Lawyers for former Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith today (Monday January 31) challenged the basis for her arrest on her return to Ireland. The Co Louth woman, 39, has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of so-called Islamic ...

31 Jan 2022 at 18:18

Trial of Lisa Smith to proceed after court rejects bid to dismiss terror charges

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Lisa Smith trial to begin after court rejects bid to dismiss terror charges

The trial of ex-Irish Defence Forces member Lisa Smith will proceed on Tuesday (January 25) after the Special Criminal Court rejected a legal application to have terror-related charges against her dropped. The 39-year-old, from Co ...

24 Jan 2022 at 12:41

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

Terror-accused Lisa Smith's bid to have charges dropped to be decided on Monday

A ruling is to be made next week on a legal bid by former Irish Defence Forces member Lisa Smith to have terror-related charges against her dropped. The 39-year-old, from Co Louth, is accused of being a member of so-called ...

19 Jan 2022 at 16:35

National News

Irish woman accused of Islamic State membership seeks case dismissal

A former member of the Defence Forces is seeking to have charges of being a member of so-called Islamic State (IS) and financing terrorism dropped at the Special Criminal Court. Lawyers for Louth woman, Lisa Smith (39), ...

11 Jan 2022 at 12:04

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 decision in the Court ...

08 Mar 2023 at 12:44

Sport

UEFA says Champions League games to go ahead despite Islamic State threat

UEFA insists this week’s Champions League quarter-final ties will go ahead as scheduled amid an Islamic State terror threat. Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium will host the first leg of the Gunners’ last-eight tie against ...

09 Apr 2024 at 14:46

National News

Former Irish soldier ‘extremely vulnerable’ and was ‘treated like a servant’

A Dublin court has heard how a former Irish solider found guilty of being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) was an “extremely vulnerable person” who was “treated like a servant” by her late husband when ...

11 Jul 2022 at 17:36

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