Terrorism

Plans to amend the law on glorifying terrorism in the wake of the pro-Palestine marches in the UK should not be implemented as doing so would not help the police, MI5 or the probation service, the UK government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said. In a 15-page report submi

Russia's Wagner Group — the private military company whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin led an abortive rebellion against Vladimir Putin before being killed in a plane crash last month — is to be proscribed in the UK as a terrorist organisation. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has today laid

An Garda Síochána has been designated as the competent authority in Ireland for issuing legal orders requiring internet service providers to remove online terrorist content. Under the EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation, each EU member state is obliged to designate a competent autho

The Irish government has welcomed the launch of an updated information sharing system across the EU to help fight terrorism and serious crime.

Northern Ireland’s High Court has dismissed an application for judicial review which challenged cross-border license travel requirements. The court found that the restrictions were proportionate, especially given the ease of cross-border travel on the island of Ireland.

Ireland's new media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, will be designated as a competent authority under the EU Terrorist Content Online (TCO) Regulation. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill will be amended after its enactment to provide for the enhanced role, the government confirm

Northern Ireland’s High Court has refused judicial review to an applicant who was charged under terrorism legislation in 2020. The court found that the applicant’s attempts to rely on the royal prerogative of mercy to reduce his time in prison was based on a flawed interpretation of the

A doctor who was suspended from the UK medical register after being arrested as part of a terrorism investigation has lost an appeal to Scotland's Inner House of the Court of Session against a decision of the General Medical Council to extend his suspension until April 2023. Reclaimer IB, who had be

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has denied a reduction in sentence for claims about personal mitigating circumstances and delay where the appellant was responsible for an explosion at a police station in 1997. The appellant, Paul Campbell, was unsuccessful in his appeal against conviction f

Sir Declan Morgan QC PC, the former lord chief justice of Northern Ireland, is chairing an Independent Commission on Counter-terrorism Law, Policy and Practice which will examine the impact of current counter-terrorism laws. The commission has launched its public call for evidence and will also call

Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by a convicted terrorist who was sentenced to a 22-year minimum life sentence after killing a prison officer in a car bombing. The court found that killing a prison officer warranted a lengthy sentence, and the appellant’s alleged

Lisa Smith, a former member of the Defence Forces, has become the first person in the State to be convicted of membership of terror group Islamic State (IS). After a nine-week trial in the non-jury Special Criminal Court, Ms Smith was convicted of membership of an unlawful organisation and acquitted

Northern Ireland’s High Court has rejected an application for judicial review where it was argued that terrorism offences committed in the Republic of Ireland required special permission to be pursued in Northern Ireland. The applicant also lost in his claim that the Director of Public Prosecu

New EU rules requiring online platforms to remove "terrorist content" within an hour of receiving a removal order from state authorities have come into force. The Terrorist Content Online Regulation, which applies as of 7 June 2022, aims to "counter the spread of extremist ideologies online" by intr

Officials have begun a scoping exercise ahead of a review of legislation underpinning the prosecution of terrorism and organised crime offences in the non-jury Special Criminal Court. Justice Minister Helen McEntee yesterday told Senators that she is "fully committed to this review", which was one o