German spy landings made Britain question Irish neutrality

75 years on, Ryle Dwyer examines the German spy landings that rocked the Dingle Peninsula and the British secret service.

With the Battle of Britain about to begin following the fall of France, the arrival of two German spies on the Dingle Penninsula — within a fortnight of each other in June 1940 — sparked enormous security concerns.

Walter Simon was seen coming ashore not far from Dingle and burying his radio transmitter on a beach in the early morning of June 13, 1940.