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ISIS bride Lisa Smith due in court this morning

By Kilkenny Now 4th December 2019 0

Former defence forces member Lisa Smith will appear in court in Dublin this morning to be charged. She was arrested upon landing in Dublin airport on Sunday after being deported from Turkey. Smith (38) was taken to a Garda station where she was interviewed about suspected terrorist offences. She had travelled to Syria in 2015 […]

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ISIS bride Lisa Smith is arrested on terrorism charges

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2019 0

ISIS bride Lisa Smith has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism charges. The arrest came after the former member of the Defence Forces and her daughter arrived back in Ireland from Turkey this morning. An unmarked garda car and a black Ford people carrier with blacked out windows were waiting for Smith and her daughter […]

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ISIS bride Lisa Smith due back in Ireland tonight. May face prosecution – Taoiseach

By Kilkenny Now 30th November 2019 0

ISIS bride Lisa Smith will be questioned by anti-terrorism gardai when she arrives back in the country, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. The former Defence Forces member is due to fly back to Ireland tonight, along with her two-year-old daughter. Speaking to RTÉ, Mr Varadkar confirmed plans have been put in place to care for […]

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Defence Forces in ‘secret mission’ to bring Isis bride and child back to Ireland: report

By Kilkenny Now 3rd November 2019 0

IRELAND’S Defence ­Forces have launched “a secret ­mission” to help bring Islamic State bride Lisa Smith and her two-year-old daughter back to Ireland, reports claim today. Military personnel, including members of the elite Irish Army Ranger Wing, have been deployed to a location near the border between ­Turkey and Syria with the goal of repatriating […]