She’s the talk of the nation. The former Defence Forces soldier, Dundalk woman Lisa Smith is allowed return to Ireland after joining ISIS.
A so-called “security assessment” will be carried to see if Smith is “not a threat to life and limb here in Ireland”, Leo Varadkar told the Dáil.
Varadkar discussed Smith’s case in a Cabinet meeting today and they are allowing her back to Ireland. According to RTE, Varadkar said:
“I am very conscious of the fact that while nobody can condone the choice that she has made and the actions that she took in aligning herself with ISIS, a terrorist regime that is hell-bent on the destruction of the west and Christendom, she does have a two-year-old child that is an Irish citizen and that child is an innocent child.
“And as is the case with all Irish citizens, they will be permitted to re-enter the State should they try to do so.
He said: “But of course a security assessment will have to be carried out to make sure that Lisa Marie Smith is not a threat to any of us.
“We are working out how best that can be done to make sure that she does not become a threat to life and limb here in Ireland. But that does not apply obviously to a two-year-old child.”
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