TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday dismissed claims that Sinn Féin chief negotiator Martin McGuinness was a British spy.

A top republican was thrown out of Sinn Féin tonight after its leader Gerry Adams alleged he was working as a British agent.

The identity of another top-ranking IRA man who worked for British intelligence in Northern Ireland has been revealed, it was claimed today.

A FORMER spy who infiltrated the IRA went to the west Belfast home of the man who denies being British Army agent Stakeknife yesterday, in a bid to force him into court.

A former spy who infiltrated the IRA went to the west Belfast home of the man who denies being British Army agent Stakenife today in a bid to force him into court.

Britain's Metropolitan Police commissioner John Stevens has been ordered to appear at the High Court in London as a key witness in a case involving Britain’s former top anti-terrorist agents in Northern Ireland, it emerged tonight.

THE man accused of being the British Army’s most prized spy at the heart of the IRA had been repeatedly warned by police in Belfast that his life is in danger, he claimed yesterday.

The man accused of being the British Army’s most prized spy at the heart of the IRA had been repeatedly warned by police in Belfast that his life is in danger, he claimed today.

A WEST Belfast man yesterday lost the latest bid to clear his name of allegations that he was the British Army’s top spy in the IRA.

Sinn Féin has criticised the High Court in Belfast for rejecting attempts by a 59-year-old republican to get the British government to deny that he was an informer for the British army.

A man named as a top British army agent inside the IRA has been granted some security protection, it emerged today.

A west Belfast man was today preparing for the latest legal bid to clear his name of allegations that he was the British Army’s most prized agent at the heart of the IRA.

A British High Court bid to force Northern Ireland minister Jane Kennedy to face a cross-examination from lawyers over the Stakeknife affair was rejected today.

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has denied claims that he was involved in luring an IRA informer back to the North in 1986 so he could be killed by his former associates.

The home of the man alleged to be British army agent known as Stakeknife was at the centre of a security alert today.

The man identified as the army’s top spy inside the IRA today won the first round in his legal fight to force the British government to make a declaration on his status.

Lawyers acting for the west Belfast man accused of being the top IRA informer known as "Stakeknife" are expected to apply for a judicial review of the British government's refusal to comment on the case.

The British government faced demands today to call off all military intelligence operations which undermine the Northern Ireland peace process.

BELFAST man Freddie Scappaticci is taking High Court action this week aimed at forcing Northern Ireland’s security minister Jane Kennedy to admit if he is – or is not – the IRA double agent codenamed Stakeknife.

An IRA informer who claimed he was threatened by the alleged British agent codenamed Stakeknife was questioned today by the team of British detectives investigating collusion allegations in Northern Ireland.

THE man dubbed the highest-ranking British informer within the IRA has vowed to stay in the country despite allegations he killed 40 people.

A WOMAN glared through the glass-panelled front door of Freddie Scappaticci’s west Belfast home yesterday and made it clear that the alleged double agent was in no mood for talking.

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams tonight demanded that the British Government come clean about all its operations in Northern Ireland amid the ongoing Stakeknife spy controversy.

The British government has given those who oppose change in Northern Ireland an advantage by creating a political vacuum, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams argued tonight.

A woman glared through the glass panelled front door of Freddie Scappaticci’s west Belfast home today and made it clear he was in no mood for talking.

Alleged army agent Freddie Scappaticci came out of hiding today and again protested his innocence against claims that he spied on the IRA.

I HAVE been instructed by Fred Scappaticci to make the following public statement:

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney yesterday called on the British Government to come clean about the alleged British agent known as Stakeknife.

THE alleged IRA agent known as Stakeknife, who categorically denies working for British military intelligence, is not in the custody of the army, the Minister of Defence claimed yesterday.

The alleged IRA agent known as Stakeknife – who categorically denies working for British military intelligence – is not in the custody of the army, the British Minister of Defence claimed today.

The West Belfast man at the centre of allegations that he was an army spy in the IRA issued a statement today.

THE Taoiseach is to demand answers from British Prime Minister Tony Blair on British intelligence agencies’ collusion with an IRA double agent in a series of murders.

The murky world of a double agent has been exposed

Senior British intelligence officers are expected to be questioned about their No.1 spy in Northern Ireland who has been linked to a series of IRA murders of informants, it emerged tonight.

Sinn Fein today blamed British intelligence for leaking the name of a republican identified as a top IRA informer.

The IRA leadership has ordered an immediate review of its internal security as British military authorities today made arrangements for a new life for one of their top spies in Northern Ireland.

The British army’s top agent inside the IRA was in hiding today after his cover was blown in an exposure that rocked the republican movement to its core.