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Exposed: The Kerry Babies Scandal, Larry Wren and the Shadow of the Heavy Gang.
1. Larry Wren and the Kerry Babies scandal. Garda Commissioner Ned Garvey established the ‘Heavy Gang’ in the 1970s. It drew officers from across the force, including some from Special Branch. It targeted criminal gangs and paramilitaries. When the unit’s existence first emerged, the nation was largely appalled—though some were prepared to turn a blind…
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Troubles Bill
Christopher Stanley is the Domestic and International Human Rights Advocate with Relatives for Justice. He is a Times Lawyer of the Week and a LALY/LAPG Public Law Lawyer of the Year Nominee. The views expressed in the article are his own. An analysis of the British Labour government Troubles Bill. This Bill was introduced as…
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From the Vaults, 1990: The Smear Campaign against Charles Haughey.
In the early 1970s, Maurice Oldfield of Britain’s Secret Service, MI6, began a decade-long campaign to derail the political career of Charles Haughey. Oldfield rose to head MI6 in 1973 and served until his retirement in 1978. Yet the campaign failed: Haughey became Taoiseach in December 1979. In October 1979, Oldfield was recalled to intelligence…
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‘C’.
When Sir Alex Younger, a former chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service — MI6 — died on 2 June 2026, aged 62, the British media lined up to hail a legendary spymaster: a man who had operated undercover in the field and brought a new culture of openness to his organisation. But behind the glowing…
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Epstein and Maxwell.
By David Burke. The general public is beginning to wake up to the fact that Jeffrey Epstein worked for at least two Western intelligence services. One of his tasks was to collect sexual ‘kompromat’ about important people. This is particularly disturbing in light of the revelations that a former British prime minister engaged in a…
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The Irish Paedophile Priest.
Late in 1999, I received an approach from a Californian law firm that were seeking the location of a paedophile priest. It was understood that he had returned to his native Ireland. But the lawyers were worried. They knew Ireland was a largely Catholic country and feared an agency such as mine might not want…
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Church of England.
“We are the Hollow Men” (T S Eliot). The Hollow Men are those individuals who are spiritually empty, devoid of meaning and purpose, and trapped in a state of despondency. They are characterized by their lack of individuality, identity, and connection to something larger than themselves, existing as mere shadows of their former selves. * Annus…
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The Vanishing Broker. By Ian Withers
Dublin in 1996 was not exactly a hotbed of Russian activities, I had been on a few occasions to their Embassy to get visas to travel to Moscow, always rather dour staff, polite, efficient and never smiling, they carefully questioned the purpose of going to Russia, and if one had sufficient financial resources to cover…
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The objective of this magazine is to unravel Anglo-Irish history from decades of dirty tricks, disinformation and deceit. The website receives over 100,000 visits annually. The topics covered include the activities of the MI5, MI6, MRF, RUC, SAS, FRU, IRD, IRA, INLA, UVF and UDA. There are also articles about Operation Clockwork Orange, Collusion, the…
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Covert History’s ‘Webbooks’
Covert History Ireland and the UK magazine is the home of the long read. Many of the writers who appear on these pages are published authors. The website receives over 100,000 visits annually. The ‘Webbooks’, in the illustration above are exclusive to this website. They are all available to read by clicking on the link…
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Fergal Keane – The Madness – A review by Kevin O’Connor.
Fergal Keane was born in London, grew up in Dublin and Cork. He went into journalism and became the BBC’s foreign correspondent. His work earned him numerous awards, but at a cost to him personally. He was the overall winner of the Amnesty International Press Awards in 1993 and won an Amnesty television prize in…
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Has Jon Boutcher, the head of Operation Kenova, passed through the shark infested waters of British Intelligence? (Kenova Part 3.) By Deirdre Younge.
Chief Superintendent Jon Boutcher and Operation Kenova’s first report on Agent Steaknife aka Freddie Scappaticci, has now, surprisingly, been approved by the British Cabinet Office without redactions or changes. It is now being considered by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) of Northern Ireland. Boutcher seems optimistic that the report will be published soon. [Since this…
