Stakeknife has previously been named as 73-year-old west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci (centre in a file image from 1987) who denies  he was Stakeknife, or a British spy. Photograph: Pacemaker

Northern Correspondent Four people, including two former MI5 officers, will not face charges in connection with an investigation into the agent code(...)

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness and Bobby Storey address supporters at a protest on the Falls Road over the arrest of Gerry Adams in 2014. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Veteran Republican masterminded Northern Bank Robbery and Maze prison escape before playing key role in Sinn Féin’s road to peace Nearly 1,800 men(...)

The Nassau Street bombing aftermath in Dublin, 1974. Three bombs exploded in Dublin and one in Monaghan in May 1974. Photograph: Pat Langan/The Irish Times

A former English chief constable who is also investigating the British army agent known as Stakeknife and the loyalist Glennane Gang has pledged to do(...)

 Freddie Scappaticci:  denied claims that he is Stakeknife.

An investigation into a British spy inside the IRA could lead to more than 30 people facing criminal proceedings in connection with at least 10 murder(...)

Mi5 Headquarters in London. Two of Britain’s most senior legal figures have ruled for the first time that a secret MI5 policy which allows British security service agents to commit serious crimes is unlawful. Image: iStock.

Two of Britain’s most senior legal figures have ruled for the first time that a secret MI5 policy which allows British security service agents to comm(...)

Alfredo ‘Freddie’ Scappaticci pictured at the 1987 funeral of IRA man Larry Marley.  Scappaticci denies claims he is Stakeknife. Photograph: Pacemaker Press

What is the Stakeknife scandal? The agent code named “Stakeknife” was one of British military intelligence’s most valued assets, operating inside the(...)

Freddie Scappaticci has denied he is Stakeknife

A police inquiry into one of the biggest spy scandals in the history of British intelligence has recommended that more than 20 people including senior(...)

 The wreckage of the mechanical digger and the van used by the IRA men at Loughgall. Photograph: Tom Lawlor/The Irish Times

The British agent known as Stakeknife was entrusted with the IRA’s internal investigation into the deaths of eight IRA members in an SAS ambush in Lou(...)

Retiring Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable George Hamilton. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Three serving and one former senior police officer, including the man who is in charge of the investigation into the British army agent known as Stake(...)

Alfredo “Freddie” Scappaticci in 1987: Stakeknife was the code-name for a British army agent inside the IRA, identified as Scappaticci. Scappaticci denies the claims. Photograph: Pacemaker Press

The power of the Stakeknife story to upset comforting histories in Northern Ireland can be gauged by the range of people who never mention it. Promine(...)

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