Sharp rise in use of anti-terror laws over past year

Offences under the Offences Against the State act are sent to the Special Criminal Court.

There was a sharp increase over the past year in the use of controversial anti-terrorism legislation which the Government will seek to continue at its annual renewal in the Oireachtas next week.

The provisions of the Offences Against the State Act 1998 were used 53 times in the last year to June 2023, compared to just seven times in the previous year.