New terror laws still hit by delays

Long-awaited Government plans to update Ireland’s terrorism laws to include a range of offences, such as travelling abroad to join terrorist groups, are still not near to being published, it has emerged.

New terror laws still hit by delays

Long-awaited Government plans to update Ireland’s terrorism laws to include a range of offences, such as travelling abroad to join terrorist groups, are still not near to being published, it has emerged.

The proposals are supposed to implement an EU directive adopted by the European Council and European Parliament in March 2017, with a deadline of being transposed into national law by September 2018.

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