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We trace the connections between the terrorist group and a prominent journalist 5 March 2021 • 8:47pm Roy Greenslade has revealed that while working at the heart of Fleet Street he had been secretly devoted to the paramilitary cause The IRA weapons dump at a remote spot in the Welsh countryside was thought to be intended for a Christmas bombing campaign on the British mainland. In the autumn of 1989 the Sunday Times had heard that police were keeping watch on the secret cache but, with the agreement of Scotland Yard, had chosen not to publish details of its existence. The authorities neede...

A garda mole tipped off terror chief Michael McKevitt that his Dundalk home was to be raided by police, a damning collusion report revealed.

A garda mole tipped off terror chief Michael McKevitt that his Dundalk home was to be raided by police, a damning collusion report revealed. Details about how a rogue Dundalk-based cop warned the then Provo quartermaster to remove false passports from his house were contained within the Smithwick Tribunal report in 2013. The investigation was set up in 2005 to examine allegations that Irish police officers had helped the IRA murder RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan in March 1989 following a meeting at Dundalk Garda Station. The probe ruled there was collusi...

An MLA has called for police to crack down on “unscrupulous” illegal fuel launderers after more toxic waste was dumped at an Armagh beauty spot. Justin McNulty spoke to the Sunday World after three more giant pods of fuel waste were dumped on the side of the road near Forkhill. Cross-border fuel smuggling is believed to have helped finance the Provisional IRA with criminals like Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy at the forefront. Four years ago the Republic’s taxman announced such activity had been “wiped-out” due to new preventative measures but fuel laundering remains big business, accordi...