LMFM By Ruth O Connell Reg Empey told the Belfast Telegraph the Dundalk woman must be arrested for questioning
An Ulster Unionist peer has called for Dundalk woman Lisa Smith to be arrested if she enters the North.
The former member of the Defence Forces - who is awaiting trial in Dublin next year, on charges of allegedly being a member of Islamic State and financing terrorism, yesterday
won a legal battle allowing her to enter the United Kingdom.
After her return to the Republic, the British Government took the decision to ban her from travelling to Belfast on the grounds of national security but Ms. Smith took a legal challenge to this, to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in London.
Lisa Smith (Brian Lawless/PA)
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A former Irish Defence Forces member accused of membership of so-called Islamic State (IS) has won an appeal against a ban on her entering the UK.
Lisa Smith, from Co Louth, had been the subject of a Home Office-issued exclusion order since December 2019.
The order was made on the grounds of public security.
Smith, 39, is charged with membership of the IS terror group and funding terrorism. She denies the charges.
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Lisa Smith pictured leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) on Parkgate Street in Dublin (Image: Collins Courts)
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Lisa Smith: IS-accused wins appeal over ban on entry to UK
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image captionLisa Smith is currently on bail in the Republic of Ireland ahead of a trial in January 2022
A former Irish Defence Forces member accused of membership of so-called Islamic State (IS) has won an appeal against a ban on her entering the UK.
Lisa Smith, from County Louth, had been the subject of a Home Office-issued exclusion order since December 2019.
The order was made on the grounds of public security.
The 39-year-old is charged with membership of the IS terror group and funding terrorism. She has denied the charges.
Lisa Smith, an Irish woman accused of joining Islamic State, has won a legal battle that will allow her to travel to Northern Ireland to visit family members.
The Dundalk woman is to go on trial in Dublin next year on charges of being a member of unlawful terrorist group Islamic State, also known as Isis, and financing terrorism.
Since 2019, the mother-of-one has been banned from entering the UK, on the grounds of national security.
The decision meant Ms Smith (39) could not visit her father and other relatives who live in Belfast.
She had appealed the decision to ban her from travelling to Northern Ireland to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) in London.