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Gareth O'Callaghan: We’re facing a fearful future if radicalisation is allowed fester
Gardaí monitoring Islamic State-linked group with violent intent operating in Ireland
Gardaí monitoring Islamic State-linked group with violent intent operating in Ireland
Gardaí are investigating around 60 cases of suspected financing of terrorism every year, most relating to monies destined for IS-type terror groups

Mon, 25 Sep, 2023

9/11 firefighters to visit Ireland's unique 'living memorial' in Kinsale
9/11 firefighters to visit Ireland's unique 'living memorial' in Kinsale
Contingent of Irish American New York city fire department serving members coming to Ringfinnan Garden of Remembrance

Mon, 14 Aug, 2023

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Risk of terror attack in UK is rising, report warns
The Home Office counter-terrorism strategy Contest has been updated for the first time in five years

Tue, 18 Jul, 2023

Two men suspected of planning mass terror attacks arrested in Greece
Two men suspected of planning mass terror attacks arrested in Greece
Two men accused of planning an extremist attack on a Jewish restaurant in central Athens and possibly other targets that would produce mass civilian casualties have been arrested on terrorism charges in Greece, police said on Tuesday.

Tue, 28 Mar, 2023

Twitter changes
Ireland warned on spread of online terrorism content
Gardaí to assess if 'terrorism content' includes right-wing threats and abuse

Tue, 31 Jan, 2023

New Zealand Shakespeare
Irish Examiner view: Jacinda Ardern is going as she governed, with wisdom and honesty
New Zealand's prime minister has led with authority and empathy during some of the country's most challenging times

Fri, 20 Jan, 2023

Belgium Stabbing
Stabbing suspect in potential terror attack had ‘threatened Belgian police’
After the stabbings, the suspect was almost immediately shot by another police official called to the scene.

Fri, 11 Nov, 2022

Manchester Arena incident
Manchester attack survivors ‘felt they were left to die by emergency services’
“There were too many chiefs, not enough doers. There were some exceptionally brave people who were inside when it happened and who acted like true heroes."

Thu, 03 Nov, 2022

POLICE OFFICER
Irish Examiner View: Two decades of terror since Bali bombing
October 12, 2002, was the moment terrorists decided that young pleasure-seekers and tourists were regarded as target

Sat, 08 Oct, 2022

Lisa Smith court case
Lisa Smith's offending was at 'lowest level' and her sentence was 'excessive', appeal told
The former soldier's defence counsel said: "There is nothing beyond that she kept house for a man who did not even regard her as a person."

Tue, 04 Oct, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Justice delivered on al-Zawahiri
Irish Examiner view: Justice delivered on al-Zawahiri
Drone attack ends two-decade wait to eliminate man who helped orchestrate 9/11 attacks

Wed, 03 Aug, 2022

Lisa Smith court case
Court refuses Lisa Smith bail application but agrees to hear sentence appeal in October
While Smith intends to appeal her conviction, Mr Justice Birmingham said the court would be willing to hear the sentence appeal before the conviction appeal

Wed, 27 Jul, 2022

Lisa Smith court case
Lisa Smith weeps as she gets 15 months for Islamic State membership
Mr Justice Tony Hunt, delivering the court's verdict, said that she went to Syria with her "eyes wide open" having watched videos of Isis atrocities

Fri, 22 Jul, 2022

Terrorism in Ireland: Decline in dissident republican arrests but jihadist activity on the increase
Terrorism in Ireland: Decline in dissident republican arrests but jihadist activity on the increase
New report underlines the changing profile of terrorism-related arrests in Ireland over the last 10 years

Wed, 13 Jul, 2022

'Vulnerable' Lisa Smith has already served a sentence and should not be jailed, court told
'Vulnerable' Lisa Smith has already served a sentence and should not be jailed, court told
Michael O'Higgins SC, barrister for Lisa Smith, said she has already served a custodial sentence in Syria

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

Omagh bombing 20th anniversary
Dramatic drop in terrorism-related arrests in recent years
Annual report from justice minister on the operation of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 shows huge reduction in arrests

Sun, 10 Jul, 2022

Lisa Smith found guilty of being a member of terrorist organisation Isis
Lisa Smith found guilty of being a member of terrorist organisation Isis
The judge noted that religion is "irrelevant to membership of Isis" as a person would not gain immunity for a crime because he believed he had a religious obligation to persecute witches.

Mon, 30 May, 2022

Lisa Smith court case
Lisa Smith's lawyers make fresh bid to have charges against her dismissed
Previous judgment of the High Court ruled that the Terrorism Offences Act 2005 can only be used to prosecute people for offences committed against the Irish State or Irish citizens abroad and therefore has no jurisdiction to try Ms Smith, court told

Thu, 07 Apr, 2022

Prosecution evidence 'falls short', barrister tells Lisa Smith trial
Prosecution evidence 'falls short', barrister tells Lisa Smith trial
Lisa Smith's defence barrister disputed the evidence from Dr Gaub, a social scientist and expert on Middle Eastern conflicts

Wed, 30 Mar, 2022

Barrister tells trial Lisa Smith chose to go to area controlled by 'demonic' terrorists
Barrister tells trial Lisa Smith chose to go to area controlled by 'demonic' terrorists
Ms Smith's defence counsel told the court that she did not travel to Syria to take part in combat. She was vulnerable, brittle, suicidal and depressed

Tue, 29 Mar, 2022

Islamic State provided simple answers to life's questions, historian tells Lisa Smith trial
Islamic State provided simple answers to life's questions, historian tells Lisa Smith trial
The court heard there were many Islamic scholars who denounced terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but there were other "respected voices" who saw his caliphate as legitimate

Mon, 28 Mar, 2022

Lisa Smith court case
'Sufficient evidence' to consider whether Lisa Smith was member of Isis, court rules
Ms Smith's lawyers had applied to the court to direct not-guilty verdicts on the grounds there is no evidence to support the prosecution case and that to even consider a verdict would be unfair and could lead to a miscarriage of justice

Thu, 24 Mar, 2022

Airports set to follow Shannon's lead on easing liquids screening
Airports set to follow Shannon's lead on easing liquids screening
New passenger security system means the restriction on liquids of more than 100ml no longer applies and passengers can travel with larger quantities if they fit in a cabin bag

Mon, 21 Mar, 2022

Lisa Smith said of terrorist leader: 'At least Abu Bakr did something while the rest of us just sit and talk', trial hears
Lisa Smith said of terrorist leader: 'At least Abu Bakr did something while the rest of us just sit and talk', trial hears
Special Criminal Court trial has been listening to private Facebook messages Ms Smith exchanged with other Muslims before she travelled to Syria in 2015

Tue, 15 Mar, 2022

Lisa Smith court case
Women who tried to leave IS faced prison, torture and death, Smith trial told
Women who tried to leave IS in Syria faced imprisonment, torture and death an expert on Middle Eastern conflicts has told the trial of Lisa Smith, a former Irish soldier who denies membership of Isis.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2022

Lisa Smith court case
Lisa Smith lawyers waving Data Protection Act like 'garlic at a vampire,' says barrister
Counsel for the State said the right to privacy is not absolute and a breach of a person's right to privacy does not mean the evidence gleaned must be excluded

Thu, 03 Mar, 2022

Lisa Smith's lawyers tell trial Facebook involved in 'wholesale breach of privacy rights'
Lisa Smith's lawyers tell trial Facebook involved in 'wholesale breach of privacy rights'
Counsel said it is the court's job to protect people's rights when there is a "corporation out there recording every utterance from 'Happy Birthday' up"

Wed, 02 Mar, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Guantánamo Bay’s dark anniversary
Irish Examiner view: Guantánamo Bay’s dark anniversary
In the 20 years of Gitmo’s existence, only 12 detainees have been charged and only two have been convicted by military commissions

Mon, 10 Jan, 2022

Lisa Smith court case
Defence 'printers regularly crashing' due to 'enormous' amount of Lisa Smith material
Counsel said that with some material "when you go to download it, it gives you a time measured in hours but it never actually finishes - it cuts out"

Mon, 01 Nov, 2021

'Please pray for me’: Female reporter being hunted by the Taliban tells her story
'Please pray for me’: Female reporter being hunted by the Taliban tells her story
A young female journalist describes the panic and fear of being forced into hiding as cities across Afghanistan fall

Wed, 11 Aug, 2021

Criminal Courts of Justice
High-level review considering threat of terrorism and gangland crime in Ireland
The review has published its first interim report, though it does not contain any provisional recommendations 

Tue, 03 Aug, 2021

Hong Kong
Secondary school pupils arrested over alleged Hong Kong terror plot
The group of pupils were attempting to make the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) in a homemade laboratory in a hostel, police said

Tue, 06 Jul, 2021

Belarus Lukashenko
Irish Examiner view: Global leaders need to unite over Belarusian sanctions
Will show of strength on act of air piracy be enough?

Wed, 26 May, 2021

Scales of justice and Gavel on wooden table and Lawyer or Judge working with agreement in Courtroom, Justice and Law concept
Interim report on review of Special Criminal Court due in the coming weeks
Sinn Féin has been urged to support the retention of the court, which hears cases related to terrorism and organised crime. 

Fri, 21 May, 2021

Italy France Truck Attack Arrest
Albanian arrested over supply of arms to Nice truck attacker
A 28-year-old Albanian wanted in connection with a 2016 terrorism attack in Nice which killed 86 people has been arrested in southern Italy.

Wed, 21 Apr, 2021

Biden
National terrorism alert issued after Capitol violence
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a national terrorism bulletin warning of the potential for violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after President Joe Biden’s election.

Wed, 27 Jan, 2021

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Natasha Dromey - The Right on the rise
The Mick Clifford Podcast: Natasha Dromey - The Right on the rise
Right-wing extremism is growing in Ireland, according to the annual report from the EU crime agency, Europol

Fri, 16 Oct, 2020

Neil Basu comments
Teens as young as 13 ‘starting to talk about committing terror attacks’ - UK counter-terrorism head
Teenagers as young as 13 are starting to talk about committing terror attacks, the UK’s head of counter-terrorism policing has warned.

Wed, 23 Sep, 2020

Incident on London Bridge
Independent review finds gaps in supervision of released terrorists
Authorities have been criticised after an independent reviewer of terrorism legislation found gaps in the monitoring of people convicted of terror-related offences in England and Wales.

Thu, 03 Sep, 2020

Tenth person charged in probe against Real IRA
Tenth person charged in probe against Real IRA
A 10th person has been charged with terrorism offences as part of a police crackdown on dissident republican group the New IRA.

Tue, 25 Aug, 2020

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Improvised heavy-duty weapon found in Co Armagh park
Police have seized an improvised “heavy-duty” weapon in a park in Northern Ireland. The partially-constructed device was discovered during planned searches targeting dissident republicanism, detectives said.

Mon, 24 Aug, 2020

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‘Agent provocateur’ involved in New IRA probe, lawyer contends
In total, 10 people have been arrested as part of Operation Arbacia, a major PSNI investigation into the New IRA

Mon, 24 Aug, 2020

PSNI get new uniforms
Two women charged in New IRA investigation
It brought the number of arrests made on Saturday to five as part of Operation Arbacia

Sun, 23 Aug, 2020

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Man arrested at Heathrow Airport by police investigating New IRA
Police investigating dissident republican group the New IRA have made an arrest at London’s Heathrow Airport

Sat, 22 Aug, 2020

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