Police shot dead a gunman yesterday whose attacks on a Copenhagen synagogue and an event promoting free speech may have been inspired by an attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo last month, authorities said.

A suspected gunman killed by police after two deadly shootings in Copenhagen was 22 years old and had a background in criminal gangs.

A man shot dead by Danish police early today is likely to have been behind the shootings at a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen, an investigator says.

A man has died after at least one gunman opened fire on a cafe in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, which was hosting a freedom of speech debate.

They pushed boundaries, one cartoonist said. They were “absolutely crazy”, said another.

Lawyers for a man wanted in the US on terrorism charges have told the High Court that a penalty may be imposed for uncharged conduct, if he is surrendered and found guilty in the US.

A man whose extradition is sought by the US authorities has won his Supreme Court appeal against the High Court’s refusal of permission for a judicial review of the DPP’s decision not to prosecute him here.

A Pennsylvania woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online and plotted to kill a Swedish artist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after telling a judge she was once obsessed with jihad.

The US woman terrorist nicknamed “Jihad Jane” has been jailed for 10 years for her part in a plot to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims.

The Pennsylvania woman who called herself Jihad Jane and a teenage accomplice from Maryland provided “very significant” assistance to US authorities in several terrorism investigations, but still remain a threat to the public, prosecutors say in new court filings.

An Algerian-born Irish citizen, wanted in the US on terrorism charges, planned for a group to train in explosives with al Qaeda to support terrorist attacks in the US and Europe, the High Court has heard.

A date has been set for the extradition hearing of an Algerian man who is wanted in the US on international terrorism charges.

Lawyers for an alleged terrorist facing extradition to the United States say he may end up in a supermax prison in Colorado described by a former warden 'as a clean version of hell'.

An Algerian man facing extradition to the United States on terrorism charges is due to make a second appearance at the High Court this morning.

A man arrested three years ago during an investigation into an alleged conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist has appeared in the High Court on foot of an extradition request from the US to face terrorism charges.

A prominent Danish critic of Islam has escaped an attempt to shoot him dead on his own doorstep.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today reserved judgement in the case of a Co Louth man appealing against his conviction for membership of the IRA.

New legislation to close a legal loophole that saw several prisoners have their convictions quashed has been published.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the convictions of and ordered a retrial of three men jailed for the 'tiger kidnapping' of the family of a Securicor driver and forcing him to hand over €2.28m in cash.

A third person arrested as part of an Irish-American investigation into an alleged Islamic terror plot has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.

A money lender jailed for laundering more than STG£3m from the Northern Bank robbery has declared himself “very happy” at having his convictions overturned.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgement in the case of the only person convicted in relation to the Northern Bank robbery, who has brought the first appeal on the basis of a recent Supreme Court ruling on search warrants issued under a key piece of anti-terrorist legislation.

The Government has moved to close off a legal loophole which threatened to wreck prosecutions against dissident republicans and other alleged criminals.

New legislation regarding powers of search for gardaí are being drafted after a court ruled previous search warrants were unconstitutional.

A court has decided to release three men charged with plotting to kill Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who depicted Islam’s Prophet Mohammed as a dog.

SWEDISH prosecutors have accused three men arrested in an anti-terror sting this month of plotting to kill an artist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed as a dog.

Swedish prosecutors have accused three men arrested in an anti-terror sting this month of plotting to kill an artist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed as a dog.

RAPID developments and profound events across Europe could have an impact on Ireland.

MORE than 60 suspected terrorists were arrested in Ireland last year, the third highest figure in the EU.

A man has lost his High Court challenge over a warrant used to search his home during a garda investigation into an alleged conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew a picture of the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog.

A SECOND American woman who was arrested in Ireland last year as part of an Irish-US investigation into an Islamic plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.

An American woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to her role in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims.

THE woman who authorities say called herself “Jihad Jane” on YouTube, has pleaded guilty to plotting to wage violent jihad overseas.

An American woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" online has pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to her role in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims.

GARDAÍ have submitted a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in connection with the alleged plot to murder Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks.

SCANDINAVIAN intelligence chiefs said they had foiled a plot yesterday to kill staff at a Danish newspaper which published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and had arrested five suspects.

IRELAND had the third highest number of terrorist-related arrests out of 13 European countries last year, according to an EU report.

A SWEDISH artist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body angered Muslims said he doesn’t feel safe in his home at night, after a week of attacks against him.

The home of a Swedish artist who once drew a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed as a dog has been hit by a suspected arson attack, police said today.

A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog said he was attacked as protesters interrupted his university lecture in Stockholm on the limits of free speech.

A SWEDISH artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog was assaulted while giving a university lecture about the limits of artistic freedom.

An American woman arrested in Ireland in connection with the alleged “Jihad Jane” plot to murder a controversial cartoonist has been charged with terror-related offences in the US.

An American woman arrested in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to murder a controversial cartoonist was charged today with terror-related offences in the US.

More than 200 Malaysian Muslim protesters today called on Sweden to take action against several newspapers that reprinted a caricature depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog.