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EXPLAINED: Stakeknife org - The Real Truth

‘I’m not going to hide again’: Stakeknife report met with relief by victims’ families

Killings of suspected IRA informers brought shame and fear but relatives have opportunity to step out of shadows

The Guardian - UK

Storm Bram: ‘Very dangerous’ winds cause travel disruption and power outages

Gusts of up to 119kmh (74mph) were recorded amid general wind speeds of up to 78kmh (48.5mph) at 1pm at the weather station at Sherkin Island.

The Independent UK

Did Thatcher know about Stakeknife? asks sister of murdered man

Moira Todd’s brother Eugene Simons was disappeared by Stakeknife’s unit in the Provisional IRA in 1981.

Evening Standard

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Late release of MI5 Stakeknife files a ‘significant failure’, report says

The final report of Operation Kenova said that MI5 had ‘earlier and greater knowledge’ of Stakeknife than it had at first stated.

Evening Standard

The week in audio: The Scott Mills Breakfast Show; Magic Breakfast with Harriet Scott and Gok Wan; Bed of Lies; Extreme: Peak Danger – review

The BBC host is a touch too eager to please in his new dream job, while Gok Wan is a breakfast show natural on Magic. Plus, a refreshing look at the Troubles, and a grippingly immersive mountaineering story

The Guardian - UK

MI5’s posthumous discovery of Stakeknife files alarms inquiry chief

Release of intelligence year after death ‘casts doubt’ on security service’s previous claims about British spy in IRA accused of murders

The Guardian - UK

Operation Kenova report ‘ready for publication’, says new police chief

Jon Boutcher led the investigation into the activities of Stakeknife, the Army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

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Colm Murphy: Man blamed for Omagh bomb dies

The Real IRA bomb killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with unborn twins, just months after the Good Friday Agreement was signed

Belfast Live

Belfast man alleged to have been British Army’s IRA mole Stakeknife dies

Freddie Scappaticci always denied the allegation that he was the agent known as Stakeknife

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