Lisa Smith arrested on return home
Lisa Smith has been arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences following her arrival back in Ireland this morning.
Ms Smith and her two-year-old daughter were on board a Turkish Airlines commercial flight that landed at Dublin airport shortly after 10am.
The 38-year-old former Irish Defence Forces left more than three years ago to join the so-called Islamic State group in Syria.
She and her daughter were transferred to Turkish custody following the bombing of the Ain Issa displacement camp in north-east Syria in recent weeks.
Four new TDs elected in by-elections
Sinn Féin candidate Mark Ward has been elected to the Dáil following the Dublin Mid-West by-election.
Padraig O'Sullivan has retained Fianna Fáil’s seat in Cork North-Central after topping the poll in this weekend’s by-election.
Malcolm Byrne has topped the poll in Wexford to become the second Fianna Fáil candidate to secure a win in this weekend’s by-elections.
Green Party candidate Joe O’Brien has been elected as a TD after topping the poll in Dublin Fingal.
Man dies after alleged assault in Galway
A man in his 60s has died following an alleged assault in Co Galway.
Gardaí were called to a house in Ballinahown in Connemara shortly after 9am this morning.
They arrived to find ambulance personnel treating the man.
He was then taken to University Hospital Galway but he passed away a short time later.
Malta prime minister to resign amid journalist murder investigation
The Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat has announced that he will resign in January following protests over the murder of a prominent journalist in the country.
Daphne Caruana Galizi was killed in a car bombing in 2017.
In a televised message, Mr Muscat said he had informed the country's president that he will quit as leader of the governing Labour Party on January 12.
Thousands of people had protested in the streets of Valletta today to demand his resignation.
FG TD Murphy says he was compliant with Dáil attendance rules “at all times”
File photo of Dara Murphy. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ieFine Gael TD Dara Murphy has stated that he was compliant with the rules of Leinster House 'at all times' in the wake of controversy over his attendance in the Dáil.
Deputy Murphy came under fire after it emerged that he had claimed his full allowance as a TD over the last two years, despite a poor attendance record in the chamber.
He was elected as a TD for Cork North-Central in 2011, and has previously served as a Minister of State for European affairs.
Since taking up a new role as the European People Party's election campaign director in October 2017, he has continued to draw his full Dáil salary of more than €94,000 a year, as well as more than €50,000 worth of annual allowances.
