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Ailbhe Daly

ISIS bride Lisa Smith to fly back to Dublin next week, sources claim

ISIS bride Lisa Smith will be flying back to Dublin next Tuesday.

The former Air Corps member from Dundalk, Co Louth, was one of two people from this country deported from Turkey earlier this week due to her involvement with the terror group.

Sources claim the 38-year-old will arrive in Baldonnel Aerodrome, the Irish Mirror reports.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said: “In accordance with longstanding departmental practice we do not comment on ongoing consular cases.”

Last week, officials from the department were deployed to the border region of Turkey in order to assist with the repatriation of the former Air Corps private.

Members of the Defence Forces and the Army Ranger Wing, its special forces branch, also assisted in the operation.

Smith’s family said they believe she is innocent and are prepared to care for her two-year-old daughter if she is arrested upon arrival in Ireland.

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