Presence of undercover officer ‘known to Gardaí’

GARDA bosses will admit in a report to Justice Minister Brendan Smith that they knew about the presence of a British undercover police officer here.

Wed, 26 Jan, 2011 - 00:00
Cormac O’Keeffe and Scott Millar

Mark Kennedy was a deep-cover agent who infiltrated environmental groups in Ireland, Britain and Germany for seven years, since 2003.

A number of activists here have told the Irish Examiner he encouraged and took part in illegal activity during protests in Dublin, Shannon Airport and at the site of the controversial Shell-Corrib pipeline.

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