'Johnny English Repackaged' might be a more fitting title for Oliver Parker’s belated sequel to the 2003 comedy, which poked gentle fun at the image of British spies as debonair gents with a licence to kill.

Two men who were arrested in connection with the murder of former Sinn Féin member Denis Donaldson have been released without charge.

Two men remain in Garda custody this morning in relation to the death of former Sinn Féin member Denis Donaldson.

Alex Reid believes that he worked as a British spy in a previous life, it has emerged.

Senior gardaí were today accused of turning a blind eye to allegations that a top officer wanted to bury an email casting doubt on the credibility of an FBI informant.

A former City of London policeman has been found not guilty by reason of insanity on all charges arising out of his bus rampage which led to the death of 62-year-old Ms Maire Buckley two years ago.

The head of British Intelligence in the North is among a string of security chiefs to have been quizzed by the inquiry into the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson, it emerged today.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting a bomb attack which killed 29 people will start today.

A civil legal action against those accused of plotting the most lethal bomb of the North's conflict begins tomorrow in Belfast.

It has emerged that the McEntee Report into the Dublin/Monaghan bombings investigation is likely to be published on Wednesday afternoon.

I READ with interest the letter from Robin Bury headlined ‘Protestants targeted by IRA men with a personal agenda during War of Independence’ (Irish Examiner, July 10).

THE IRA has always had members who have been fixated by the thought of spies in their midst.

MAY 17 is a date many people recall with strong feelings of sadness and anger, as well as a strong desire for the truth.

Murdered Denis Donaldson, the Sinn Féin official turned British spy, was buried in West Belfast today following a private family funeral.

DENIS Donaldson’s desperate final moments as he tried to save himself from assassination were revealed last night.

The family of former British spy Denis Donaldson said today they did not believe the IRA was responsible for his murder.

THE Irishman accused of being a dissident republican bomb maker was on his way back home last night after being deported from Israel.

British special branch officers have carried out a raid on a London house used by a former intelligence agent who had threatened to reveal the identity of the IRA spy codenamed Stakeknife.

Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness announced today he had instructed his legal team to play no part in the cross-examination of MI5 agents due to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday tribunal this week.

A High Court decision today cleared the way for the trial of Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the Real IRA, in Dublin’s Special Criminal Court.

Co Louth man, Michael McKevitt is back at the Special Criminal Court today.

The alleged leader of the Real IRA is expected to go on trial for directing terrorism in January next year.

A suspected al Qaida leader and his family are living in a safe house in northern England where they are being looked after by British intelligence, it was claimed today.

A group of former undercover agents are threatening to make a video about what they did for British intelligence.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is today due to meet police chiefs in Northern Ireland to discuss police assertions that the IRA was behind the Special Branch break-in in March.

The Special Criminal Court has warned that the trial of Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the Real IRA, was in jeopardy because information on the key US witness had not been furnished to the defence.

The Special Criminal Court has heard that gardai, the FBI and British Intelligence are preparing evidence for the trial of the Co Louth man who is accused of being the leader of the so-called Real IRA.