AN Islamic State recruiter who was kicked out of Ireland two years ago is still in contact with his followers here via social media.

This week, the Court of Appeal upheld the State’s decision to deport him in 2016.

Khalid Kelly

The State had dubbed him the “main recruiter” of Islamic State in Ireland.

The extremist — who we are not allowed to name — was the chief fixer for suicide bomb flop Khalid Kelly, a Muslim convert from Dublin’s Liberties, on his trip to Syria and Iraq.

The Jordanian claimed he would be tortured if he was sent back home.

However, after a brief detention in the capital Amman, he was released.

For the past two years he has been monitored by gardai and Jordanian cops as his appeal made its way through our courts.

A source said: “This guy is still active but at least we can now rest assured he will never set foot on Irish shores.

"He has a number of profiles on social media. A good 50 per cent of his friends or followers are Irish. So while we won’t see him again in the flesh, he is still a presence. And that’s a worry.”

He had a number of aliases and was resident in Ireland since 2000.

He was accused by gardai of communicating internationally with jihadist leaders and making travel arrangements for IS members and recruits — claims he denied in court.

His son was killed while fighting in the Middle East a number of years ago.

As we revealed after his death, 50-year-old Kelly travelled to Syria and later Iraq in March 2016 after being radicalised by the recruiter.

He was blown up by Iraqi government forces near Mosul.

In a unanimous decision on Thursday, a court comprised of Mr Justice Michael Peart, Ms Justice Mary Irvine and Mr Justice Gerald Hogan dismissed the appeal after finding that the man had not made a valid application for asylum as he claimed.