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  1. No. 0193

    Court of Appeal upholds Lisa Smith's conviction for Islamic State membership

    Membership of a terrorist group · Louth

    Suspect: Lisa Smith, Irish woman, 44Lisa Smith

    Lisa Smith, a 44-year-old Irish former soldier, was charged with membership of the Islamic State between October 2015 and December 2019 after voluntarily travelling to IS-controlled territory. She pleaded not guilty but was convicted in 2022 by the Special Criminal Court, becoming the first person convicted in an Irish court of an Islamic terrorist offence committed abroad, and was sentenced to 15 months. The Court of Appeal dismissed her appeal on 6 October 2026, with Mr Justice John Edwards ruling that voluntary travel to IS-controlled territory was capable of constituting sufficient acts of participation without proof of combat or operational acts.

    Convicted6 Oct

    2 reports from irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com