Smithwick Tribunal hears of IRA mole

There was unease about a suspected IRA mole based in an Garda station when two RUC officers were ambushed by the terror group, an inquiry has heard.

Smithwick Tribunal hears of IRA mole

There was unease about a suspected IRA mole based in an Garda station when two RUC officers were ambushed by the terror group, an inquiry has heard.

Superintendent Bob Buchanan was murdered along with colleague Chief Superintendent Harry Breen near the border after a meeting at Dundalk Garda Station in March 1989.

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