Monstrous murderous bombing

Terrorism in the the name of Islam has finally arrived on our doorstep, with the revelation that Terence Kelly, a former nurse from the Liberties in Dublin, mounted a suicide bomb attack for Isis against Iraqi forces trying to re-capture the city of Mosul.

He has been hailed a martyr for Isis but all right-think people in Ireland – Muslims and Christians alike – will see his murderous attack as monstrous and wonder how a born and bred Dubliner could have become so radicalised.

It would be easy to dismiss his journey from family man with three children to jihadist as the product of a deranged mind but the reality is that he is not alone and there may be more radical extremists among us.