Ex-Irish soldier’s IS membership conviction 'falls short of Irish law', court told

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith leaves the Courts of Criminal Justice in Dublin. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

The conviction of a former Irish soldier for membership of the so-called Islamic State (IS), because she travelled to Syria in 2015, “falls short of Irish law”, a Dublin court has heard.

Lisa Smith, 43, from Dundalk in Co Louth, is appealing against her conviction for membership of the IS terror group at the Court of Appeal.