No rise in Irish people going to fight in Syria, Iraq

The number of people who have travelled from Ireland to fight in Syria and Iraq does not appear to have increased in the last year, according to an international expert body.

A total of 30 Irish people have gone to fight there as of November 2015, according to The Soufan Group (TSG).

This is effectively unchanged since a 2014 report by TSG, which put the number of Irish foreign fighters at between 25-30.