Lisa Smith weeps as she gets 15 months for Islamic State membership

Mr Justice Tony Hunt, delivering the court's verdict, said that she went to Syria with her "eyes wide open" having watched videos of Isis atrocities

Lisa Smith (pictured) was convicted of Isis membership following a trial at the three-judge, non-jury Special Criminal Court earlier this year. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Former soldier Lisa Smith, who was found guilty of being a member of the so-called Islamic State group, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.

She is the first person to be convicted in an Irish court of an Islamic terrorist offence committed abroad.