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Tuesday 1 December 2020
Smith is charged with membership of the Islamic State terrorist group and with financing terrorism.
Smith is accused of membership of the terror group Islamic State.
Smith is accused of membership of the terror group Islamic State.
Smith has already been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation under 2005 terror legislation.
The 38-year-old former Irish defence forces member was due to return to Dublin District Court today.
Smith was arrested at Dublin Airport in November.
Smith is due back in court on 17 April.
The Irish woman has been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation, under 2005 terror legislation.
Her bail conditions including residing at an address in the northeast and signing on at a garda station twice daily.
Smith may yet may yet spend Christmas in jail over issues around the independent surety.
She is accused of being a member of a terrorist organisation.
The 38-year-old is accused of being a member of the so-called Islamic State.
The 38-year-old is accused of being a member of the so-called Islamic State.
Smith must be released this morning from Garda custody if she isn’t charged.
Smith was arrested on Sunday morning after arriving back in Ireland on suspicion of terrorist offences.
How long can she be questioned by gardaí, and is she likely to face charges?
Smith was arrested upon arrival at Dublin Airport yesterday.
She arrived at Dublin Airport shortly before 10.30am.
Smith is expected to arrive back in Ireland this weekend.
Depending on how quickly her case is processed by Turkish officials, she could land back in Ireland as soon as tomorrow.
The former Defence Forces member who was married to an Islamic State fighter is due back in Ireland
Smith will undergo a security assessment when she returns to Ireland, it was reported earlier this month.
Smith will undergo a security assessment when she returns to Ireland, it was reported earlier this month.
Independent TD Peter Fitzpatrick said that Lisa Smith “wants to come home to Dundalk”, upon her imminent return to Ireland.
Legal experts have said that Irish prosecutors will have limited options if they charge Lisa Smith.
It was revealed yesterday that Smith is due to be repatriated to Ireland.
Yesterday Turkey said it was in the process of deporting 20 ‘foreign jihadists’.
Lisa Smith and her child are currently in Turkey.
Security expert Tom Clonan outlines what could happen with Lisa Smith’s return to Ireland.
Simon Coveney has said his primary concern is for Smith’s two-year-old daughter.
Sources have confirmed to TheJournal.ie that plans are in place to bring Smith home from the warzone.
The Dundalk woman is being held in a displacement camp in Syria for the wives and children of Islamic State fighters.
The Dundalk woman and her young daughter are currently in Syria.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that he wants her to come back to Ireland, but noted concerns over security risks and cost.
The Dundalk native made the comments in a new interview with BBC.
Gardaí and the Defence Forces have been carrying out their own separate investigations into Smith.
They were accused of bullying her.
“While Smith was living with IS during 2016, 135 European citizens were slaughtered in 10 separate attacks that year,” security expert Tom Clonan writes.
The Irish government has said citizens have the right to return home, but fighters face the possibility of prosecution.
He repeated what he said earlier this month, stating that a security assessment will be carried on the Dundalk woman.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
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