Call for de-radicalisation of returning Irish fighters

Any Irish fighters returning from Syria and Iraq must be included in de-radicalisation programmes here, a leading Muslim cleric has said.

Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri made the call following the reported death of Irish IS fighter Terence ‘Khalid’ Kelly, in Iraq on Friday.

Convert Kelly — thought to be the first Irish suicide-bomber — was blown up by Iraqi troops as he attempted to drive an armoured vehicle packed with explosives in an attempted suicide attack.