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

The actions of a prized double agent within paramilitary group the IRA who worked for British security services probably led to more lives being lost than saved in Northern Ireland, an independent investigation said on Friday.

Report into British agent in the IRA has not resulted in prosecutions but families hope it can at least shed light on his actions

More lives were probably lost than saved through the British Army's operation of its top agent inside the IRA's internal security unit during the Troubles, a major independent investigation has found.

Stakeknife report finds army’s top agent’s links to murder and torture and calls for government and IRA to apologise

The operation is investigating the involvement of an alleged British state agent in murders, kidnap and torture.

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

Families of victims dismayed at lack of accountability after death of ‘Stakeknife’