Applications for covert activity are key part of MI5’s battle against dissident republicans

Amnesty calls for Belfast boys’ home to be included in Westminster investigation

Abuse of boys in the Kincora home in Belfast in the 1970s would be part of inquiry if Labour gets into power

MI5 is using gender-attraction strategies to boost female recruitment

Intelligence material could have been drawn up before attack in bid to stop it, court hears

Amnesty, Sinn Fein and Alliance says claims MI5 and British Ministry of Defence knew of abuse at home must be investigated

Cantillon: INM managed to find out who ran a surveillance operation on its former chief executive – but not who commissioned it