IRA reviews security in wake of spy disclosure

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 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 exposure of Freddie “Scap” Scappaticci from west Belfast as a double agent known as Stakeknife has left the Provisionals stunned.

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