11 held over terror offences last year

There were 11 arrests for terrorist offences in Ireland last year, three of them jihadist suspects and eight republican-related.

The number of jihadist arrests is an increase on 2016 (one arrest), with a drop in republican arrests (from 16), according to Europol, the EU police agency.

Europol’s 2018 Terrorism Situation and Trend Report found the number of jihadist terrorist attacks (foiled, failed, and completed) more than doubled in the EU, from 13 in 2016 to 33 in 2017.