Any Irish fighters returning from Syria and Iraq must be included in de-radicalisation programmes here, a leading Muslim cleric has said.

A spokesperson for the Iraqi forces said the Irishman who died following an Isis suicide bombing near Mosul did not kill anyone else.

A converted Muslim is being questioned by detectives over alleged threats to kill US president Barack Obama during his trip to Ireland.

A REPORT in The Independent (London) last weekend suggested that the authorities in Saudi Arabia are targeting the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed in the holy city of Mecca for destruction.