Sir, – Taoiseach Micheál Martin is to be commended for confirming in the Dáil that IRA member Freddie Scappaticci was the British mole code name Stakeknife. For far too long, the British authorities have been playing a cynical game of cat-and-mouse when the informer’s identity was known to all and sundry. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL CULLEN,
Sandycove,
Co Dublin.
