Real threat to our security is republican paramilitarism - not the British secret service
Like most people of his particular persuasion, Mr Coffey is in characteristic denial as to the nature of paramilitarism, no doubt believing that IRA weapons decommissioning was genuine - and that the fascist thugs of Sinn Féin have been transformed suddenly into legitimate politicians.
Living in Co Dublin, I’m sure he doesn’t run into many paramilitaries or witness the kind of gun crime that has proliferated in the Republic since paramilitaries released from prison have turned their expertise to straightforward profit. The fact that Denis Donaldson was an MI5 agent working within an IRA cell at Stormont doesn’t mean the cell wouldn’t have been there whether Donaldson was on the payroll of the secret service or not.
