Journalist wins secrecy battle about Real IRA source

A journalist won the right today to withhold information about the Real IRA from police after a judge ruled that her life would be in danger if she was forced to hand it over.

Suzanne Breen, northern editor of the Dublin-based Sunday Tribune, had been subject to a legal bid by Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable Hugh Orde, who wanted information on the murders of two British soldiers in March.