Repatriation of Islamic State bride: Contentious, but right thing to do

The decision by the Government to make efforts to repatriate the Irish Islamic State bride Lisa Smith is bound to be contentious and one that will not sit comfortably with many of her fellow citizens.

Yet, it is the right one, the honourable one, and the humane one, for a number of reasons, among them the fact that she has a two-year-old child who is an Irish citizen and who deserves whatever protection the state can give. She and her daughter are in a camp in an area in northern Syria controlled by Kurdish forces.