Former soldier Lisa Smith 'willing to die as an IS martyr', court hears

Lisa Smith, from Dundalk, Co Louth, leaving the Special Criminal Court on Tuesday after the first day of her trial. Picture: Collins Courts

Former Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith “enveloped herself in the black flag” of the so-called Islamic State (IS), the Special Criminal Court has heard.

The Co Louth woman, 39, has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of the illegal organisation and of providing funds to benefit the group.