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

One of the country’s busiest mosques has, for the past two months, had security guards in place and is to receive additional policing over the holy month of Ramadan, which begins today.

While Ireland may remain generally safe for Muslims, the rhetoric of Donald Trump and a right wing attack on a Mosque in Quebec have increased apprehension among Ireland’s Muslim community, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

Muslim leaders in Ireland have united to condemn the Brussels attacks but have urged people to view all terror atrocities, including recently in Turkey, as equally appalling.

Two Muslim leaders have expressed serious concerns over what they claim are “extremist” Middle Eastern Islamic scholars speaking at a two-day student conference, starting today.

PARENTS of Muslim children would like greater provision by schools to facilitate prayer and flexibility around their religious holidays.

A range of groups jostling for a larger slice of the patronage of Irish primary schools will begin presenting their case to the Department of Education today.

FAIR treatment by schools of all children, regardless of their beliefs, is more important to parents than who is patron, a forum on pluralism in education will hear this morning.

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

A man who failed to appear as a witness at the trial in April of his brother-in-law for allegedly threatening to kill his wife has now left Ireland, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told.

Judge Frank O'Donnell has called for an investigation into why a man did not answer his witness summons at a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial of his brother-in-law who was charged with threatening to kill his wife.

FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny yesterday insisted he had been “courageous” in trying to spark a national debate on immigration.

THE main Muslim organisations in the country are to set up a representative body to deal directly with the Government and other State agencies.

A NUMBER of mainstream Muslim organisations yesterday issued a joint statement condemning claims by a Muslim religious leader that extremism was rife among young Irish Muslims.

MUSLIM representatives from across the country are to meet today in response to claims by a Muslim leader of growing extremism among Irish Muslims.

FIANNA FÁIL TD Sean Haughey drew criticism from Islamic and refugee groups last night for suggesting the go-ahead for the accession of Turkey to the EU could lead to the “Islamisation of Europe”.

The Islamic Foundation of Ireland says it needs more than words from Minister Brian Cowen.

THE Department of Education has received applications for the opening of 16 new schools next September.

SIXTEEN children, each representing one million Iraqis said to be surviving on food rations, released 250 paper doves towards the tip of the new Spire of Dublin and beyond, during a city-centre peace vigil yesterday.

The Islamic Foundation of Ireland has renewed its call for an end to the constant US attacks on Afghanistan.