The alleged Irish ISIS member Lisa Smith has called on authorities to drop a terrorism charge against her, Iocal media reported.
Prosecutors do not have a “single piece of evidence” against Ms Smith, 37, a former member of the Irish military, said her solicitor Peter Corrigan at a court in Dublin on Wednesday.
Ms Smith, from Dundalk near the border with Northern Ireland, was arrested at Dublin Airport after returning from Turkey last month with her two-year-old daughter.
She travelled to Syria in 2015 where she married British ISIS fighter Sajid Aslam who later died in fighting. She escaped the Ain Issa camp in Syria in October before being deported.
The court heard that prosecutors had not completed their investigation and have made requests from outside the country for help in the “complicated and substantial” case. Further charges are expected.
The case was adjourned until March to allow further inquiries but Mr Corrigan questioned whether there was enough evidence to convict.
“I was at police interviews where all the evidence was presented and it was our opinion that it didn't reach that threshold,” he said.
“I would ask that they actively review the evidence against the defendant and that the charges are discontinued in the interim.
“We say there wasn't a single piece of evidence amounting to a charge that our client is a member of ISIS. She went to a caliphate,” he added.
Judge John Hughes said it was a decision for prosecutors to halt the case and set a new hearing for March 4. Ms Smith remains on bail and subject to restrictions including a ban on internet use and must report to a local police station twice a day.
