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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

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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 ...

22 Jul 2022 at 14:18

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 to ...

27 Jan 2022 at 17:29

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 Louth,...

24 Jan 2022 at 12:41

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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

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Special Criminal Court hears Lisa Smith 'enveloped herself' in black flag of Islamic State

Former Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith “enveloped herself in the black flag” of the so-called Islamic State, the Special Criminal Court has heard. The Co Louth woman, 39, pleaded not guilty today (Tuesday January 25) to ...

25 Jan 2022 at 16:23

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Lisa Smith bid to have terror charges dismissed will continue on Wednesday

A legal bid by former Irish Defence Forces member Lisa Smith to have terror-related charges against her dropped will continue at the Special Criminal Court on Wednesday. Co Louth woman Smith, 39, is accused of being a ...

18 Jan 2022 at 20:54

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Hutch ‘lied’ about those involved in Regency shooting, Dowdall tells court

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has claimed that Gerry “The Monk” Hutch was “lying” to him when he said the six people involved in the Regency Hotel shooting did not know each other. On the second day ...

13 Dec 2022 at 15:07

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Garda interviews with Dowdall from 2016 played in Hutch murder trial

A video of a Garda interview with former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has been played in the trial of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch over the murder of David Byrne. On his fourth day of giving evidence at the ...

15 Dec 2022 at 15:28

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Dowdall defends ‘lie of necessity’ about Regency during 2016 Garda interview

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has said he told a “lie out of necessity” during Garda interviews in 2016 on what he knew about the Regency shooting. A video of gardai interviewing Mr Dowdall in ...

15 Dec 2022 at 18:43

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Hutch family willing to ‘throw people under bus’, Dowdall tells court

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall said the family of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch were willing to “throw people under the bus” following the murder of David Byrne, a court has heard. Dowdall told ...

14 Dec 2022 at 16:40

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Dowdall branded a ‘master manipulator’ and ‘liar’ in Hutch murder trial

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has been branded a “master manipulator” and a “liar” in the murder trial of Gerry “The Monk” Hutch. On the second day giving evidence at the Special ...

13 Dec 2022 at 19:29

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