Independent TDs plan to table a motion in the new Dáil calling for a referendum to put neutrality in the Constitution and will put pressure on the new government to ban the US military using Shannon Airport.

Anjem Choudary, Britain’s most high-profile Islamist preacher, well-known globally for praising the men responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States, was charged yesterday with inviting support for Islamic State.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has described as “incendiary” the comments made by Islamic extremist Anjem Choudary on RTÉ television that Ireland was a legitimate target for terrorist attack.

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.

Sweeping anti-terror laws will be before the Dáil in weeks after ministers said the country is on "alert" for Paris-style jihadist attacks.

A leading Muslim cleric has said that Islamic leaders in Ireland have to accept there was a problem “of extremism and radicalisation” among young people and to take action to address it.

Britain could be carrying out airstrikes in Iraq within days after the cabinet unanimously backed action against Islamic State (IS).

One of the men accused of murdering Lee Rigby has told a jury he loves al-Qaida and does not regret what happened to the soldier.

Nick Clegg has warned against “knee-jerk” reactions to the murder of soldier Lee Rigby as he restated his opposition to the so-called “snooper’s charter”.

British police arrested two more people yesterday in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries.

One of seven people being held in an investigation into a suspected terror plot has been released without charge.

Police in Britain have arrested a seventh person as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected terror plot.

HUNDREDS of Osama bin Laden supporters clashed with English Defence League extremists as a “funeral service” for the assassinated terror leader sparked fury outside London’s US Embassy.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a plea to an American clergyman not to go ahead with his plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11.

Friends of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan spoke today of their anger at plans by a controversial Islamic group to march through the British town which honours fallen troops.

A LEADING Islamic fundamentalist, who said previously Ireland was a target for terrorist attack because of the US military’s use of Shannon, claimed last night he was a victim of propaganda.

Trinity is once more defiantly giving voice to the man who called Ireland a legitimate terror target — but this time moderates of his creed join the debate, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

ANTI-TERRORISM police yesterday arrested one of Britain’s most controversial Muslim figures, Abu Izzadeen, who was watched by millions on television last year heckling Home Secretary John Reid at a public meeting.

THREATS have been made by the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, and the gardaí, that Anjem Choudary, who happens to be Muslim, should be prosecuted or investigated for ‘incitement to hatred’.

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea will announce details within the next month of the legislative change needed to allow Irish troops to be sent to world trouble spots with EU battle groups.

Ireland is no better prepared for a terrorist attack now than it was before the 9/11 atrocity because emergency planning is split between different Government departments, it was claimed tonight.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has played down the risk of an attack on Ireland by Islamic extremists.

BRITAIN yesterday barred radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri from returning to the country that was his home for the past 20 years, saying his presence was no longer “conducive to the public good.”

Islamic extremists in the UK today hailed the terrorists responsible for the September 11 terrorist atrocities on the third anniversary of the attack.

ON October 9, Trinity College Dublin will host an international panel of speakers to debate the merits of America’s current foreign policy.

ANTI-TERRORIST detectives last night confirmed they discovered a mini-arsenal after a controversial raid on a London mosque.

British police were tonight questioning seven men over suspected terrorism offences following a controversial raid on a London mosque.

Radical Islamic leaders today warned Britain and the US that they could face September 11-style terrorist attacks if they go to war with Iraq.

Radical Islamic leaders caused angry scenes today when they tried to charge reporters to attend a press conference.