Ireland has “no choice” about allowing the return to Ireland of Lisa Smith, an Irish woman and Islamic State supporter, according to retired lieutenant and former deputy director of military intelligence Michael Murphy. Mr Murphy was interviewed by RTÉ’s Morning Ireland after Ms Smith told the Irish Mail on Sunday newspaper she had not taken part in military activities while in Syria. She is in the Al-Hawl refugee camp which houses large numbers of foreign-born supporters of Islamic State, also known as Isis. “We have no choice about allowing Lisa Smith back into this country. “No, I didn’t do anything, I never even owned a rifle when I was in [Islamic State], I didn’t even own a gun.

Source: The Irish Times April 08, 2019 08:15 UTC