Garda counter-terrorism officers are to consult with foreign security agencies following the arrest of two men on suspicion of funding so-called Islamic State (IS), writes Cormac O’Keeffe of the Irish Examiner.

THE Garda Siochána has rejected claims by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) that international protocols between police forces must be improved if internet paedophile rings are to be wiped out.