Lisa Smith's lawyers make fresh bid to have charges against her dismissed

Previous judgment of the High Court ruled that the Terrorism Offences Act 2005 can only be used to prosecute people for offences committed against the Irish State or Irish citizens abroad and therefore has no jurisdiction to try Ms Smith, court told

Lisa Smith has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful terrorist group, Islamic State, between October 28, 2015, and December 1, 2019

Lisa Smith's lawyers have made a fresh bid to have the charges against her of funding terrorism and membership of Isis dismissed.

If the three-judge, non-jury court does not accept the arguments made by her lawyers, they will reveal their verdicts on May 30.