British government bids to reimpose UK entry ban on Lisa Smith

Lisa Smith’s father is originally from Belfast and her dispute with the British Home Office centres on whether she is entitled to enter the UK as a result

Lisa Smith was born in Ireland, but due to her parents being unmarried at the time, missed out on automatic British citizenship. File picture: Niall Carson/PA

The British government is bringing a Court of Appeal challenge against a tribunal’s conclusion that a UK entry ban could not be imposed on former Defence Forces soldier, Lisa Smith, who was convicted of membership of the Islamic State terror group.

Lisa Smith, 41, was found guilty in May last year of Isis membership but cleared of a separate charge of financing terrorism after a nine-week trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.