Taoiseach names Scappaticci as former British army agent Stakeknife

Operation Kenova examined the activities of Stakeknife, a mole operating within the Provisional IRA's Internal Security Unit in the 1980s, and found he was linked to at least 14 murders and 15 abductions

The British Government has been repeatedly called on to formally name Stakeknife. Freddie Scappaticci (pictured) was 77 when he died in 2023. File photo: PA

In the Dáil on Wednesday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin formally named Freddie Scappaticci as the former British army agent, and member of the IRA, known as Stakeknife.

In a set of statements from TDs on the report of Operation Kenova, Mr Martin said the identity of Stakeknife was “clear to everybody” as he said Mr Scappaticci should also be named by the British government.