Expert cautions IS video shouldn’t be taken as direct threat to Ireland

A purported Islamic State video which includes Ireland as a member of a “coalition of devils” should not be seen as a direct threat, an expert has cautioned.

Expert cautions IS video shouldn’t be taken as direct threat to Ireland

Maura Conway, senior lecturer in international security at Dublin City University, said the video was exploiting the Paris atrocities.

The expert on online extremism was commenting on the back of widespread coverage of the video, with media reports that IS was threatening to attack or target Ireland.

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