Exposure of double agent ‘could destroy IRA’

THE IRA could be destroyed by revelations its former security chief was a leading British agent, a former member of the organisation claimed last night.

Republicans were left dumbfounded by the exposure of British military intelligence’s most crucial and powerful agent: codename Stakeknife.

The mole, who is suspected of being involved in dozens of murders after being recruited by a secret British Army unit, was believed to be in hiding after being pulled out of the country just before his cover was blown.