An Irish woman accused of joining the Islamic State (IS) in Syria won the right to enter the United Kingdom on Friday.
Lisa Smith is a former Irish soldier from County Louth in the Republic of Ireland, which borders Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. She was barred from entering the UK by the British Home Office in 2019 and was charged with belonging to IS, which she denies. Smith successfully appealed the ban on the grounds that she was entitled to enter the UK due to her father being from Northern Ireland, which entitled her to British citizenship rights. The Good Friday Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland also allows citizens of each country to move freely to and from the other country, the BBC reported.
