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Ample time to save IRA man accused of informing
There was ample time and opportunity to save the life of an IRA man who was accused of informing and shot dead by the organisation, his family has said. Michael Kearney was found dead on the Fermanagh border on 11 July 1979. The IRA later issued a statement accepting that he had not passed information and that it had shot him in the wrong. His case was one of those investigated by the Kenova Inquiry which issued its interim findings last week.
PSNI officer investigated over alleged vacuum theft
A senior PSNI officer is being investigated for gross misconduct over the alleged theft of a vacuum cleaner, it has emerged. It was revealed in correspondence to TUV leader Jim Allister by Deputy Chief Constable Chris Todd who confirmed that it was a "live investigation". Mr Allister had claimed that the vacuum cleaner had been allegedly taken around Christmas 2020 and was reported missing by cleaning staff on 6 January 2021.
New PSNI appeal on 30th anniversary of officer's murder
The PSNI has launched an appeal for information about the fatal shooting of a policeman on the 30th anniversary of his murder. Father of three, RUC Constable John Haggan, was killed as he socialised with his wife and friends at a greyhound stadium in Belfast on 10 March 1994. Mr Haggan, known as Jackie, was with his pregnant wife in the members' bar of the Dunmore Stadium at 9.15pm. Two gunmen approached him from behind, one of them shot him in the head.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin reacts to the Operation Kenova report
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Electric Jaguar Rammed off Road by UK Police
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Shadowy world of intelligence and the 'Dirty War'
When General Sir Frank Kitson died in January aged 97, the Telegraph newspaper in London described him as "one of the most capable and controversial soldiers of his generation". "His expertise in counter-insurgency operations was probably unrivalled," it wrote, noting that he had received a CBE in the British honours system for service in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. The reaction in some quarters of Northern Ireland was markedly different.
'Quiet expectation' Kenova report will deliver justice
The stigma of informer has run deep in the Irish psyche for centuries. Some of the families of those murdered by Freddie Scappaticci and the IRA’s internal security unit suffer that to this day. Many have used the services of victims’ group Wave as they have engaged with the Kenova Inquiry detectives. Its director Sandra Peake has come to know them well. "There’s no doubt these were stigmatised deaths," she says. "Some families were isolated within their own communities.
Report into Stakeknife murders to be published
A major report examining the role of an IRA double agent and his army handlers in the murders of alleged informers during the Troubles will be published later. €40m has been spent on the investigation into west Belfast bricklayer Freddie Scappaticci, codename Stakeknife. He is believed to have been implicated in the deaths of between 12 and 18 alleged informers in the 1980s. He headed up the IRA's Internal Security Unit in the 1980s and was believed to one of several informers attached to it.
Killusion by Deirdre Younge
This story, published in Village magazine in November 2016, provides details about the career of Peter Keeley, a British Intelligence mole in the Provisional IRA. Keeley wrote a book under the pseudonym Kevin Fulton. A pdf copy of Killusion can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. Some readers may find there is a space between this paragraph and the download link.
Stakeknife, Freddie Scappaticci and Operation Kenova
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