Hundreds of cyclists packed into Haywards Heath town centre on Sunday morning, April 27, for the huge annual bike ride.

It’s beautiful outside today, I’ll go on a walk,” I think in a burst of seasonal motivation. Intending to soak up natural ...

​I ignore the nagging pains emanating from my body. The bump of arthritis where the metatarsal bones of my right foot meet.

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Defence barrister for Lisa Smith had earlier argued her IS membership conviction “falls short of Irish law” and compared it with how membership of the IRA and organised crime groups is defined.

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Former member of the Defence Forces Lisa Smith led a "totally anonymous" life while living in Syria and there was no "smoking gun" that she did anything for the so-called Islamic State ...

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The only “overt act” which the prosecution in the trial of former Irish soldier Lisa Smith relied on was her status as a housewife in Syria, her lawyer has told a Dublin court. She is ...

telling the Court of Appeal that Lisa Smith (43) only travelled to Syria through “a religious obligation” and had not carried out any acts as a member of Isis. In 2022, Smith became the first ...

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith led a “totally anonymous” life while living in Syria and there was no “smoking gun” that she did anything for the so-called ...