Ireland and the rest of Europe is facing a rising threat from the return of radicalised fighters from Syria and North Africa, according to a former top Irish garda heading the EU police agency in the US.

Groups such as Europol identify clues that help predict who the possible terrorists of the future could be. Cormac O’Keeffe talks to Pat Byrne, the head of Europol’s US office

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 Muslim teenager who joined rebels in Syria last year has been killed, it was revealed.

A Muslim teenager from Ireland who joined rebels in Syria last year has been killed, it was reported.