Ireland responds to EU decision on breaching terrorism regulation

The European Commission said member states have two months to respond or may face referral to the EU court of justice. File photo: AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert

The Department of Justice has said Ireland has designated agencies to deal with terrorist content online and that new laws enabling penalties to be imposed are being introduced.

It was responding to a statement from the European Commission that Ireland, along with four other EU countries, has failed to comply with certain obligations in an EU terrorism regulation.