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Sunday 20 September 2020
Smith is charged with membership of the Islamic State terrorist group and with financing terrorism.
There is a sad irony in how wealthy western states have farmed out a security and immigration problem to the Kurds, writes Norma Costello.
The 38-year-old former Irish defence forces member was due to return to Dublin District Court today.
Around 84 million Captagon tablets were seized at the port of Salerno.
Smith was arrested at Dublin Airport in November.
The Irish woman has been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation, under 2005 terror legislation.
Mohamed Morei has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder of Yosuke Sasaki in January 2018.
Smith was arrested upon arrival at Dublin Airport yesterday.
The former Defence Forces member who was married to an Islamic State fighter is due back in Ireland
The woman is the first adult female to have officially been repatriated to Germany.
Yesterday Turkey said it was in the process of deporting 20 ‘foreign jihadists’.
Simon Coveney has said his primary concern is for Smith’s two-year-old daughter.
The US President has repeatedly praised the pooch’s role in the deadly raid.
The Pentagon also released video of airstrikes on a group of unknown fighters on the ground.
The Islamic State leader was killed in a US-led raid in Syria at the weekend.
Baghdadi ignited an explosive vest after being chased into a tunnel by US forces.
An employee at TikTok said that about 10 accounts were removed for posting the videos.
The Dundalk woman is being held in a displacement camp in Syria for the wives and children of Islamic State fighters.
The US has moved some Islamic State prisoners amid fears they could escape custody as Turkey invades northeast Syria.
Five people are serving prison sentences in Ireland for convictions related to Islamist extremism offences, according to a new report.
Shamima Begum was 15 when she and two friends left London to marry Islamic State fighters in Syria in 2015.
The police officers died at checkpoints last night.
The Dundalk woman and her young daughter are currently in Syria.
The Dundalk native made the comments in a new interview with BBC.
The three men have 30 days to appeal the sentence.
Three main defendants who allegedly pledged allegiance to IS are accused of direct involvement.
The world’s most wanted man was last seen in Mosul in 2014
The deaths came as three cornered suicide bombers blew themselves up and others were shot.
Hundreds were killed in a series of bomb blasts in the country on Easter Sunday.
More than 320 people were killed in the Easter blasts.
Shamima Begum was 15 when she and two friends left London to marry Islamic State fighters in Syria in 2015.
He repeated what he said earlier this month, stating that a security assessment will be carried on the Dundalk woman.
The Dundalk woman told CNN she didn’t know whether or not she’d be imprisoned upon her return to Ireland.
Experts have said there needs to be a focus on ensuring more people in Ireland do not become radicalised.
Fighters from the US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance raised their yellow flag in Baghouz early today.
The government here has said Lisa Smith, who was married to an Islamic State fighter, can come home.
Carol Duffy claims her friend was ‘very naive’ before she left Ireland a number of years ago.
It emerged on Friday that the former Defence Forces member was being held in Syria.
It emerged last night that the former Defence Forces member had been detained in northern Syria.
Begum was 15 when she and two friends left London to marry IS fighters in Syria in 2015.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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