Document claimed Hume was Govt 'agent'

A secret document compiled by the RUC Special Branch claimed that former SDLP leader John Hume and three colleagues worked as agents of the Irish Government at the time of Bloody Sunday.

Document claimed Hume was Govt 'agent'

A secret document compiled by the RUC Special Branch claimed that former SDLP leader John Hume and three colleagues worked as agents of the Irish Government at the time of Bloody Sunday.

The intelligence paper, which was submitted to the Blood Sunday inquiry, also claimed that then Taoiseach Jack Lynch had promised funds to groups working to overthrow the Stormont government.

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