BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 12:09:00
All was an undercover agent known as robert. journalist peter taylor has spent more than 20 years tracking him down, and in a new documentary, he explains what really happened. by the early 1990s, more than 3,000 people had been killed on all sides, in what was known as the troubles. the continuing violence was fed by one question — should northern ireland remain in the united kingdom or become part of a united ireland? when peace finally came, with the good friday agreement, i was convinced that an mi5 secret agent had played a vital role in helping to make it happen. he ran a top—secret ...