The London Bridge attacker believed to have spent time in Ireland was not known to Muslim leaders here.

In full conformity with the Islamic teachings, the European Council for Fatwa and Research vehemently abhors and deplores terrorism of all kinds regardless of the perpetrators’ race and faith. 

In the last decade there has been a rapid change in the structure of Irish society. 

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ruled out any potential “conscience clause” being inserted in the referendum on marriage equality, despite claims that no voters may be encouraged to vote yes if the move is allowed.

Muslim, Quaker, and Christian groups have called for a “conscience clause” to be included in the marriage equality referendum which would allow people to ignore gay marriage rights in certain circumstances.

Newsagents have said they “cannot act as a censor of what people want to access” after it emerged the current edition of Charlie Hebdo, containing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, will be on sale in Ireland.

Tánaiste Joan Burton and a leading Islamic cleric are at odds over whether the Irish media has the right to show controversial cartoons featuring the prophet Muhammad in the wake of the Paris massacre.

Gardaí are aware of an estimated 30 Irish people who have gone to fight in war zones in Syria and Iraq, with the potential that some may pose a terrorist threat.

It is nearly 17 years since terrorist zealots as evil — and as utterly wrong — as those who brought carnage to the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris on Wednesday inflicted an atrocity of similar scale, impact and immorality on the people of Omagh.

It is sad to think that Dr. Ali Selim’s attempt to stifle free speech - through threat of legal action against any Irish publication that reprints Charlie Hebdo’s front page depiction of the Prophet Muhammad – can currently be supported by our nation’s laws. 

The level of state supports for the family of toddler Hassan Khan are set to be investigated following his shocking death.

"I remember her as a little child in my garden, she played together with my kids. And this is what was ahead. It’s heartbreaking."

The sister of an Irish teenager facing trial in Egypt today wants the Government here to call for his release.

The Constitutional Convention has recommended the offence of blasphemy be removed from Irish law.

Removing the offence of blasphemy from Irish law will be discussed by the Convention on the Constitution this weekend.

About 1,000 mourners are expected to attend a funeral prayer service for the family of a neurosurgeon who died in a suspected arson attack.

A leading Muslim cleric has dismissed fears that armed groups are trying to recruit children from Ireland for fighting units abroad after a Co Meath schoolboy was killed on active duty in Syria.

A boy who attended school in Navan has been killed in violent clashes in Syria.

Church leaders will give evidence today before a parliamentary hearing on plans to legislate for abortion in Ireland.

MID-December and Christmas mania is in full swing.

THE country’s largest Islamic organisation has rejected reports that an Irish Muslim named in a British intelligence dossier on Libyan extremists is a “leading figure” in the community here.

IT is not clear why Cork city councillor Joe O’Callaghan has chosen to lob a political grenade into the public domain at this point.

Against the backdrop of a declared ‘war’ on Islam and Muslim immigration by Norwegian Christian nationalist Anders Behring Breivik, Cormac O’Keeffe looks at the Muslim community in Ireland and examines issues of identity, integration, extremism and discrimination

A CONTROVERSIAL and highly influential Muslim religious leader, banned from Britain and US, is holding a five-day conference in Ireland with top Muslim clerics from here and abroad.

IRELAND’S two main mosques have strongly criticised allegations in leaked cables from the US Embassy in Dublin to Washington.

MUSLIM families mourning the deaths of two young girls who died in a crash while on a school trip mounted a protest outside Ireland’s largest mosque.

Ground-breaking talks between the Government and religious bodies began in Dublin today.

THERE have been no reported attacks directed at the 20,000-strong Muslim community living in Ireland as a result of the London bombings.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern led a chorus of support and expressed condolences on behalf of the Irish people yesterday.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahearn is to appear on Al Jazeera television this evening to appeal for the release of the latest hostage in Iraq.

A demonstration has taken place in Dublin to protest against the French government’s plan to ban Muslim girls from wearing their head-dress to school.