Posted By: October 25, 2015
Jenny McCartney.The Spectator.Thursday, October 22, 2015Freddie Scappaticci, who is alleged to be the British spy, code-named Stakeknife. He denies being an informant The decision by Barra McGrory, the Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland, to recommend an official investigation into the activities of Freddie Scappaticci – the alleged IRA enforcer and British agent known as ‘Stakeknife’ – seems likely to […]
Posted By: October 25, 2015
The Journal.ie (Dublin). Sunday, October 25, 2015 Alan Barry was a second-generation Irish man who joined the British Army and found himself stationed in Northern Ireland in the 1980s. NORTHERN IRELAND MAKES you choose every day – choose where you’re from, if you’re Catholic or Protestant. Dealing with the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was […]
Posted By: October 25, 2015
News Letter(Belfast). Saturday, October 25, 2015A man whose son was murdered by the UVF says a paramilitary report this week failed to mention the many murders by such groups since they went on ceasefire.Raymond McCord’s son – Raymond McCord Jr – was beaten to death in 1997 by a UVF gang which the Police Ombudsman said contained […]
Posted By: October 24, 2015
Newton Emerson Saturday column . Irish News(Belfast). Saturday, October 24, 2015 Peter Robinson was back at his desk and smiling for photographers within hours of the paramilitary assessment panelâ??s report being presented to the House of CommonsFor just under an hour after Secretary of State Theresa Villiers presented the paramilitary assessment panel’s report to the Commons, it seemed that Stormont was in real trouble. […]
Posted By: October 24, 2015
Patrick Murphy Saturday column. Irish News(Belfast). Saturday, October 24, 2015 The Real IRA is bad, but the real IRA is good. That appears to be a reasonable summary of republican organisations in the assessment of paramilitary activity presented to the British government. The Irish government’s report was different. It just said ‘What IRA?’ The contents […]
