Gardaí disrupt Islamist fundraising drive in Ireland

Garda HQ said searches were carried out of three homes in the Garda Southern Region and Eastern Region. File picture: Larry Cummins

Garda anti-terror units are beginning the process of examining digital devices and documentation that was seized — along with over €100,000 in cash in various currencies — in an operation targeting Islamist fundraising activity in Ireland.

Security sources said the amount of cash seized indicates that the group targeted was engaged in “substantial” fundraising.