Lisa Smith (born c. 1981) is a former Irish soldier who converted to Islam and later travelled to Syria during the Syrian Civil War to join the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) during the Syrian Civil War.
[3] She was sentenced at the Irish Special Criminal Court on 22 July 2022 to 15 months in prison following her conviction on 30 May of membership of Daesh.
She flew into Dublin on 1 December 2019, having been reportedly repatriated by members of the Army Ranger Wing from the Syrian border, where she was arrested upon arrival.
Smith told interviewers she was concerned over ISIS brutality, which he assured her was just anti-Muslim propaganda.
[19] On 30 May 2022, the Special Criminal Court sitting in Dublin convicted Smith of the offence of membership of an unlawful terrorist group ie ISIS; she was sentenced to 15 months in prison.