The bizarre story of two US women who came to Ireland on a terror mission has been brought to screen by an Irish director, writes Esther McCarthy.

An Irish film director said he was still in touch with “Jihad Jane”, a wannabe American terrorist who was sentenced to 10 years in a US prison after plotting murder in Waterford.

A section of the High Court's judgement on the proposed surrender of Ali Charaf Damache to face international terrorism charges in America could have “far reaching” consequences for the prosecution of terrorism offences in Ireland, the Court of Appeal has been told.