Murder in the woods shatters rural idyll

He bought the paper, coal and candles and had the odd pint. But the village of Glenties saw little of slain spy Denis Donaldson, says Alan Erwin.

MURDERED British spy Denis Donaldson ghosted in and out of Glenties village during his final months banished to the wilds of Co Donegal.

Few locals even knew an IRA traitor had fled to a dilapidated cottage in the hills overlooking a community proud of its award-winning idyllic charm.