New ‘culture’ needed to fight radicalisation

Security Correspondent Cormac O’Keeffe talks to Irish experts about the New Orleans terror attack, what it means for Ireland, and how our security structures react

Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s actions left 14 people dead, many of them young, and at least 35 injured in New Orleans on January 1, 2025. Picture: Gerald Herbert/AP

Self-radicalisation and a “life crisis” makes for a potentially dangerous mix.

This is the assessment of various security experts as to why some individuals descend to committing shocking acts of public violence.