Top gardaí wanted to protect agent, caourt told

Senior gardaí were today accused of turning a blind eye to allegations that a top officer wanted to bury an email casting doubt on the credibility of an FBI informant.

The agent, David Rupert, infiltrated the Real IRA in the late 1990s and helped bring down the leadership, but a court heard claims that Assistant Garda Commissioner Dermot Jennings did not care about terrorism in the North.