Social media was recently credited with reducing the number of casualties caused by air strikes in the Syrian civil war.

A man and a woman have been arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts.

British Tornado fighter jets will shoot down aircraft in Irish airspace if they are hijacked by terrorists for a 9/11-style attack.

The Government should “regulate mosques” and gardaí should have the power to conduct random, unannounced checks on them, according to a Muslim cleric.

Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, is concerned that the fatal stabbing of Fr Jacques Hamel, in France, may spur copycat killings.

Ireland’s Catholic primate Archbishop Eamon Martin joined in the voicing of global shock as he offered prayers to those affected by the terrorist murder of an 86-year-old priest at his church in France.

Special teams of police, social workers, mental health practitioners, and community and religious leaders are needed to try and identify potential lone- wolf terrorists, according to a security expert.

LVMH dragged luxury stocks lower after the maker of Celine handbags reported weaker-than-expected revenue growth, dealing a fresh blow to industry sentiment.

A 9/11 survivor whose photograph became one of the enduring images of the terrorist attacks has died, aged 42, after suffering from stomach cancer.