Half PIRA seem to be British agents, says O’Dea

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea said yesterday it seemed that about ‘half the Provisional IRA’ was made up of British agents.

Half PIRA seem to be British agents, says O’Dea

He reiterated the view of the Taoiseach that the revelation that a senior Sinn Féin figure had been acting as a British spy for 20 years was “bizarre.”

“Obviously, Sinn Féin have come out very strongly on the basis they themselves are trying to avoid a lot of questions from their own members as to how somebody so senior in the organisation could be working for British intelligence for 20 years,” Mr O’Dea said.

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