Tell the truth and where possible support that truth with evidence, do not peddle lies or half-truths simply to get followers on Twitter and massage your ego.

Tell the truth and where possible support that truth with evidence, do not peddle lies or half-truths simply to get Followers on Twitter and massage your ego.

I deal in facts, anything I say is backed up with documented evidence in most instances. My mission in life is to continue exposing Sinn Fein/PIRA Criminality so that their lies and spin does not allow them to achieve high office in the Irish Republic.

Sinn Fein/PIRA could have been stopped in the north, but too many smelt the money and the power and turned a blind eye to on-going Murders and Rapes by Sinn Fein/PIRA.

I use my Computer Expertise to monitor Sinn Fein/PIRA and other Criminals on-line, I make no secret of this, and thank God they are that stupid they just keep supplying great material.

Now, dealing with Sinn Fein/PIRA is easy, they are Criminals who are easily identified, however, what about those who masquerade as anti-Terrorist when in fact the truth might be something different?

On Friday 21^st August, 2020, I noted someone on Twitter state that Gerry Adams possibly set-up Loughgall and that Tony Gormley was an Informer.

I replied to this post by stating that I knew for a fact that Tony Gormley was not an informer, the reason that I could state this for a fact, was that many years after Loughgall, I meet people who were involved on The British side at Loughgall including Sir John Herman.

I was told very clearly that none of the PIRA operatives at Loughgall were informers. Yet this would have been a unique opportunity for Sir John and others to feed me a line about Loughall as they knew I would bring that information back to my cousin PIRA Chief of Staff, Kevin McKenna, or indeed Brian Authurs with whom I was arrested in 1986.

Secondly, I stated that Gerry Adams was not an informer, and the reason I know this for a fact is that by 1998 I had access to a vast amount of information which absolutely excluded Gerry Adams from any role as an informer. Gerry Adams had political ambition, and the British were happy to move things in that direction, this is why the killed so many PIRA under the Command of PIRA Chief of Staff, Kevin McKenna.

Now, back to our friend Adjacent Possible (Twitter Account) who claims to be an authority on East Tyrone PIRA and says:

“the sort of people I know, are the sort of people who dispatched your chums at Loughgall. The sort of people who were gathering intel & running people inside PIRA”.

Now if Adjacent Possible were such a person in possession of such knowledge, why would he state such non-truths about Gerry Adams and Tony Gormley, surely, he would know the truth and advise the writer of the book he was referring to. This would provide the book writer with certain facts that could make his book more salable and informative.

As I pointed out all of these facts to Adjacent Possible he went into Shinnerbot mode, posting articles from The Irish Times in an attempt to discredit this writer, he produced what has been produced here 1,000 times and to no avail, people know I speak the truth, as I support that truth with documented and consistent evidence.

Sinn Fein/PIRA are not the only threat to the truth, we must not spin lies about any individual, that simply weakens the efforts of those who wish to expose Sinn Fein/PIRA. Tell the truth and where possible support that truth with evidence, do not peddle lies or half-truths simply to get followers on Twitter and massage your ego.

1 The Irish Observer says: "Adjacent Possible, Your comments, show that you actually do not know...because if you were in that position you would know exactly who I am...Roger and Out..."

2 Vincent dear boy, the sort of people I know, are the sort of people who dispatched your chums at Loughgall. The sort of people who were gathering intel & running people inside PIRA.

You on the other hand are just a tosser with a very dodgy past.

And now you can foxtrot oscar.

3 Back away Vincent. Next time it's a red card.

4 Your reaction to my facts, shows clearly that you do care, I simply pointed out a couple of facts, you took that personal, Adams is not a tout, never was, Gormally was never a tout, and I have stated how I knew that, plenty of spin-doctors as can be seen in this MI6 Comm to McG

5 Vincent, I'm pretty sure this is the first time we have interacted on Twitter. There's a reason for that. Your bollocks this evening is representative of why I have ignored you and that is also why this exchange is the exception to the norm.

Now, run along like a good boy.

6 Quite frankly Vincent, I don't care if people contradict me  on Twitter. My regular followers know I don't care & indeed I would be concerned if certain types of people agreed with me.

So, feel free to post whatever you want & push whatever agenda you wish. Fill your boots.

7 So anyway, I think it's safe to say that for a multitude of reasons our first interaction, is also going to be our last interaction. Many of those reasons explain why this was my first interaction with this gent, & I've now got a few more reasons not to have another interaction.

8 Nobody is anonymous, thats a myth, you are on the largest intelligence gathering platform in Ireland...If you had read my post on the matter, you would have noted that is what I do, my Interest is SF/PIRA and other terrorists, I say it publicly so they cannot claim entrapment...

9 Fascinating

10 You don't know anything about me, so wind your neck in Vincent.

I do know who you are and what you are peddling on here. I've been watching you do your thing. Save it for someone who is easily impressed.

11 Wow! You knew the names of terrorists. How very impressive. Not.

12 Yeah, of course you do. Whatever you say dear.

13 Let me make this crystal clear for you. I know who you are & we most certainly are not the same, but they are not the differences you are suggesting. I also know quite a lot about your former & permanently retired East Tyrone associates. So you can shove your "facts".

Cheerio.

14 You would be surprised at what I know and how much goes past people.

15 Adjacent Possible

@Sage_Opinion

 · 4h

16 Informers tend not to publicise the fact they are informers. There are a lot of people in Northern Ireland and beyond, who do not realise they know an informer. That includes family members.

17 My friend knew Lynagh on a professional basis. My friend is alive and well. Lynagh is dead.

18 How do you know he wasn't an informer?

19 As stated in my Tweet, the book states Gormley was an informer but did not pass on intel about Loughgall. Not having having advance knowledge about Loughgall, does not mean that he was not an informer. The book suggests the intel was from another source.

20 I know someone that James Lynagh threatened to murder. A threat made personally to that individual. That same individual had a professional interest in the East Tyrone Brigade.

Mr Lynagh didn't live long enough to carry out his threat. I also know why.

21 Other opinions are available.

New IRA Arrests

New IRA Arrests

Accused duo claim mole used entrapment and sabotage tactics (Belfast Telegraph)

A new photograph of an alleged MI5 agent has been broadcast for the first time, showing him acting undercover. Dennie McFadden.

Credit Channel 4

Channel 4 News has been investigating the role of alleged agent Dennis McFadden in Operation Arbacia, a major police and MI5 surveillance investigation that has led to a raft of terror charges in Northern Ireland.

Some of those facing charges are alleged to be in the leadership of the New IRA.

Friends and the lawyer of one of the defendants, Scottish Palestinian GP Dr Issam Bassalat (62) from Edinburgh, told the news programme last night that he was “entrapped” by an MI5 agent.

Gavin Booth from Belfast based Phoenix Law said: “Dr Bassalat was clearly pestered by who we now believe was an MI5 private agent.”

Mr Booth claims his client was “lured” from Scotland to Belfast by the MI5 agent, and believed that he was giving a public talk on Palestine.

Dr Bassalat is accused of addressing a meeting of the New IRA at a safehouse in Co Tyrone.

His lawyer told Channel 4 News he has seen transcripts of the recordings made at an alleged meeting of the New IRA and that “everything that’s contained within the transcripts and the recordings is about Palestine, is about peaceful and democratic change. There’s nothing in the transcripts from Dr Bassalat that would support violence in any way”.

Dr Bassalat is expected to face a non-jury trial, alongside nine other defendants accused of being members of the New IRA.

On Wednesday night Mr McFadden was shown on television at the home of Brendan McConville (42) in 2013, apparently attending a briefing between McConville’s lawyer and his family.

McConville was one of two people convicted of murdering police officer Stephen Carroll in 2009. He unsuccessfully appealed the verdict four years later.

Mr McFadden had presented himself to the McConville family as a campaigner against miscarriages of justice and was a director of the campaign group Justice Watch Ireland.

McConville and his family claimed Dennis McFadden infiltrated their own campaign — known as Justice for the Craigavon Two — and as a result the conviction should be rendered unsafe.

Speaking on the phone from Maghaberry Prison, McConville told Channel 4 News: “I believe he sabotaged my appeal. I felt that he had a real genuine concern on justice. Little did I know that it was the hand of MI5.”

The McConville family also claim the MI5 man took control of their social media campaign and refused to give them the passwords.

Following the unveiling in court of McFadden as an alleged MI5 agent, McConville’s lawyers have now submitted a file to the Criminal Cases Review Commission calling for a fresh appeal in a bid for the conviction to be deemed unsafe.

A Government spokesperson said: “We do not comment on ongoing legal proceedings”

New IRA Arrests? Background

In recent months The New IRA, Continuity IRA and The PIRA have been particularly active in the border region. The Centenary Celebrations in Northern Ireland in 2021 have become a particular focus, with all groups opposed to the creation of Northern Ireland.

It is also known that Sinn Fein/PIRA are seeking a distraction as many within their ranks are concerned that a split is emerging following comments by long serving Sinn Fein/PIRA member Francie Molloy.

In 2011 a number of groups including The Real IRA and PIRA came together in a plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth on her visit to Dublin in that year, the plan was thwarted when An Garda Siochana intercepted an explosive device in Dorset Street.

Up Date 25/8/2020

A 62-year-old man living in Scotland has become the 10th person to be charged in the MI5/PSNI operation against the New IRA.  He will appear at Laganside Court on Tuesday.

Update 24/8/2020

A Palestinian man was being questioned in Belfast last night as part of a major MI5 surveillance operation stretching from Co Tyrone to Scotland.

The 62-year-old was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Saturday and flown to Belfast later that day.

It is understood that although originally from Palestine, he had been living in Edinburgh in recent years.

A property in the city was searched as part of the operation on Saturday.

Police were yesterday given a further 36 hours to question the man.

The Irish Observer understands that as part of the surveillance operation, MI5 bugged two properties in Co Tyrone and also recorded conversations held in Scotland.

The Palestinian man was arrested as part of Operation Arbacia, which is investigating the activities of the 'IRA', often referred to as the 'New IRA'.

It is understood he was known to Dennis McFadden, who is originally from Scotland and is now suspected of being an agent at the centre of the operation.

No-one has been able to contact him since nine people - seven men and two women - were arrested in Derry, Tyrone and Armagh last week.

It has emerged the surveillance operation involved the bugging of two meetings in Co Tyrone earlier this year.

It is understood they took place at separate locations and that both audio and video evidence has been gathered.

It has been alleged that the Palestinian national was in attendance at one of the meetings.

He has previously addressed an Ard Fheis of republican party Saoradh.

It is alleged that the chief of staff and chairman of the 'IRA' addressed members of the organisation's executive at both Co Tyrone meetings.

A solicitor representing one of those arrested has said around 500 PSNI officers were involved in the operation, which has secured 36 hours of recordings.

On Wednesday police were granted an extra 72 hours to question the original nine arrested, who range in age from 26 to 50.

Two men, Shea Reynolds from Lurgan and Paddy McDaid from Derry, appeared in court on Saturday charged with a range of offences including directing terrorism.

Those who remain in custody include Co Tyrone men Kevin Barry Murphy, Damien McLaughlin, David Jordan and his wife Sharon Jordan, Derry men Joe Barr and Gary Hayden along with Lurgan woman and Saoradh vice-chair Mandy Duffy.

The two women along with the Derry men and Damien McLaughlin are due to appear in court in Belfast today.

Meanwhile, a sixth person was charged late last night with terrorism offences. Officers charged a 49-year-old man from Dungannon with membership of a proscribed organisation, directing terrorism and two separate charges of preparatory acts of terrorism.

Police were granted an extra 36 hours to continue questioning two remaining on Saturday.

Properties in Dublin, Laois, Cork and Kerry were also searched by gardaí as part of the cross-border operation.

It is understood that others are also still wanted in connection with the investigation.

Up Date 23/8/2020

THE use of MI5 in covert surveillance to snare dissident republicans is not a new tactic.

Kevin Barry Murphy, Damien McLaughlin, Mandy Duffy, Davy Jordan, Sharon Jordan, Shea Reynolds, Gary Hayden, Joe Barr, Paddy McDaid.

Dennis McFadden alleged MI5 Agent

Earlier this year seven men pleaded guilty to charges arising out of a bugging operation against the Continuity IRA in Newry that had taken place in 2014.

A number of other senior republicans linked to the New IRA are currently also before the courts as a result of allegations linked to MI5 surveillance.

As the technology and techniques used by intelligence agencies become more sophisticated you would imagine that those who know they are in the sights of the spooks would also up their game.

However, up to nine people now could be charged with a number of serious offences linked to the so-called New IRA.

The bugging used to make a case against the group is believed to be of the highest standard, recordings crystal clear, cameras planted all over two 'safe houses', linked to a man alleged to be a double agent but trusted by the suspects.

That man, not originally from Northern Ireland, has since left his Belfast home but was often seen in the company of senior republicans.

It seems that the MI5, PSNI and An Garda Síochána are seeking to neutralise the New IRA.

Those currently arrested range in age between 26-50 and are widely considered to be the most politically active dissident republicans in the north.

They include well-known names and faces.

Kevin Barry Murphy from Coalisland, once described in court as the leader of the Real IRA in east Tyrone.

Damien McLaughlin, also from Tyrone, who was cleared in 2018 of charges linked to the murder of prison officer David Black.

Co Armagh woman Mandy Duffy, a chairperson of the New IRA's political wing Saoradh, and a sister in law of veteran republican Colin Duffy.

David Jordan, sentenced to seven years in 2010 for dissident activity in the Republic. He was previously named as a person of interest regarding the 2009 attack at Massereene army barracks in which two soldiers were murdered.

His wife Sharon Jordan, formerly Rafferty, who was one of a gang of four jailed in 2014 for a string of offences including the setting up of a training camp at Formil Wood near Omagh, Co Tyrone.

Shea Reynolds, from Lurgan, the youngest of the nine, was previously charged with being part of a terror plot targeting a retired PSNI officer.

Gary Hayden from Derry, who was convicted last year of taking part in an illegal parade organised by Saoradh in the Creggan estate in 2018.

Saoradh Derry chairman Joe Barr, also convicted of taking part in the 2018 parade.

Paddy McDaid from Derry, who in 2013 he was given a 16-month suspended prison sentence after he was found guilty of managing a meeting in support of a proscribed organisation.

Charged are expected to be brought over the weekend on the back of the evidence collected during two separate covert operations by MI5.

If found guilty those involved face lengthy prison sentences, a blow to the New IRA and a massive coup for the intelligence services.

Kevin Barry Murphy, Damien McLaughlin, Mandy Duffy, Davy Jordan, Sharon Jordan, Shea Reynolds, Gary Hayden, Joe Barr, Paddy McDaid.

Up Date 23/8/2020

The New IRA was told two years ago that the suspected informant who is now accused of setting up senior dissident republicans for arrest at bugged safe houses was in the pay of the security services.

They dismissed these claims because the individual, who fled his home last week prior to a series of high-profile arrests, was close to leading west Belfast republican Tony 'TC' Catney.

The convicted killer and former Provo life sentence prisoner, who died from cancer in 2014, helped form the New IRA.

Up Date 22/8/2020

A major surveillance operation targeting the 'IRA' involved the bugging of two meetings earlier this year.

It is understood the meetings were held at separate locations in Co Tyrone and that both audio and video evidence has been gathered.

Ciarán Shiels, of Madden and Finucane Solicitors, who represents one of those arrested last night said it is alleged that the Chief of Staff and chairman of the 'IRA', which is sometimes referred to as the New IRA, addressed members of the organisation's executive at both meetings.

Mr Shiels said that around 500 PSNI officers were involved in the operation which has secured 36 hours of recordings.

The solicitor added that an emerging issue centres on the possible activity of a British agent

The seven men and two women were arrested in early morning raids in Derry, Tyrone and Armagh on Tuesday as part of operation police have called Arbacia.

On Wednesday police were granted and extra 72 hours to questions the nine, who range in age from 26 to 50.

Properties in Dublin, Laois Cork and Kerry were also searched by gardai as part of the cross-border operation.

The Irish News understands that others are wanted in connection with the investigation.

Four offices across the north used by hardline republican party Saoradh were also raided by the police on Thursday.

Some of those arrested are members of the party's national executive.

Police on both sides of the border have said the arrests and searches are linked to an investigation focusing on the activities of the New IRA.

The Irish News understands the first meeting, at a rented property between Cookstown and Omagh, took place in February.

Sophisticated cameras and listening devices are believed to have been located throughout the building.

A second meeting is understood to have taken place at a property in the Gortin area last month.

Again, it is understood conversations between those attending were recorded.

Meanwhile, it is understood that a west Belfast man who may have had a role in arranging the meetings has not been seen since the middle of this week.

Sources say that the contents of his home were packed into a removal van on Wednesday and that friends and acquaintances have been unable to contact him.

Mr Shiels said: “An issue that is emerging is the possible activity of a British agent provocateur in connection with the arrangement, facilitation and logistical support for both meetings and entrapment of the individuals said to have attended,” he said.

The ‘IRA' is the largest and most active of the armed groups opposed to the Good Friday Agreement.

It was formed in 2012 after a merger between the now defunct Real IRA, Republican Action Against Drugs and a group of independent republicans.

Up-Date 22/8/2020

Two men have been charged under the Terrorism Act as part of an ongoing investigation into the New IRA.

A 50-year-old from Londonderry and a 26-year-old from Lurgan were charged with membership of a proscribed organisation, directing terrorism and preparatory acts of terrorism.

The 26-year-old was also charged with conspiracy to possess explosives and conspiracy to possess ammunition with intent to endanger life.

They will appear in court on Saturday.

PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Barbara Gray said the men had been charged as part of Operation Arbacia, which is "an ongoing investigation into the activities of the New IRA".

Seven men and two women, aged between 26 and 50, were arrested on Tuesday.

Police have until Saturday afternoon to question the seven other people who remain in custody.

The New IRA is considered to be the largest dissident republican group and has been behind numerous attempted attacks on police officers.

There has been a renewed focus on its activities since the death of Lyra McKee, shot in 2019.

Initial Arrests 

Police have arrested suspected members of the New IRA’s so-called army council in early morning raids across Northern Ireland.

Eight men, all believed to be the paramilitary organisation’s highest-ranking members are in custody in Belfast.

A source said: “This was a detailed operation that included areas of Londonderry, east Tyrone and beyond plus the border regions and as far as Cork and Kerry where Gardai colleagues conducted a simultaneous operation in support of PSNI intelligence.

“This was a massive crackdown on dissident and dissident activity. The volume of arrests and searches could be described as significant.

“At least eight people were taken into custody in Northern Ireland by separate arrest teams and each is now under arrest.

“This has been a significant operation for the intelligence, arrest and support teams in the ongoing fight against dissident republican terrorism. Charges are expected to follow. It has been a good day for Northern Ireland so far.”

A PSNI statement said: “Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland have made a number of arrests under the Terrorism Act across

Northern Ireland today in connection with an ongoing investigation into the activities of the New IRA.”

Gardai conducted six searches in counties Cork, Dublin, Kerry and Laois in support of the PSNI operation.

No arrests were made in Ireland during planned and detailed searches of several properties in four counties. The Gardai’s operation has been described as ‘successful and ongoing’.

A statement said: “An Garda Síochána are this morning, 18th August 2020, carrying out a number of searches in support of an operation led by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

“The searches in this jurisdiction are being carried out at locations in Dublin, Laois, Cork and Kerry and are part of ongoing operations to combat the activities of the New IRA.

“The searches are being conducted by members of the Special Detective Unit assisted by local Gardaí and Regional Armed Support Units.

“The searches are being conducted by members of the Special Detective Unit assisted by local Gardaí and Regional Armed Support Units.”

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3 Million Euro worth of Heroin

Two men charged in connection with the seizure of up to €3 million worth of heroin in Dublin have appeared in the District Court at the Courts of Criminal Justice. 

31-year-old Keith Quinn, with an address at Monastery Gate Avenue in Clondalkin, Dublin, and 41-year-old Andrew Noonan, with an address at Redhills Park, Ellistown, Co Kildare, were charged with possession of illegal drugs and possession with the intent to supply.

The court heard that they were arrested after a joint intelligence operation carried out by gardaí and Revenue Customs officers on 5 August at a business park in Dublin 11.

Background:
Mr John Noonan, Andrew's Father, admitted during his failed tax appeal that he was a senior member of Sinn Fein/PIRA until 2004 and had a bank account under the name of Peter Simpson which was operated for Sinn Fein/PIRA.

Garda Liam Ahern told the court that a package of drugs seized contained 20 kilogrammes of diamorphine with a street value of between €2.8m and €3m.

Mr Quinn and Mr Noonan were detained in a nearby car park and brought to Blanchardstown Garda station. 

In court gardaí said that when they were charged, Mr Noonan gave no comment and Mr Quinn made no reply.

Defence for Mr Noonan, solicitor Claire Usher appealed for bail saying the defendant had four children and is tied to his community. 

Mr Quinn's solicitor Karl Monaghan said his client was a high profile person, having played football in England and in the League of Ireland, and that he had no previous convictions.

Gardaí objected to bail for both suspects on the seriousness of the crime and the possibility of flight risk.

Bail was refused by Mr Justice John Brennan and the two men were remanded in custody. 

Mr Quinn and Mr Noonan are due to appear at Cloverhill District Court on 13 August via video link.

#JohnHumeFuneral, Good Friday Agreement, Vincent McKenna

Vincent McKenna Peace Process

In the early days of the Peace Process when Gerry Adams and John Hume were having exploratory talks, many of the people and political personalities who now claim ownership of the Peace Process were in fact opposed to the Hume/Adams Initiative that became public knowledge in 1993. 

The Irish Government were fearful that Sinn Fein could make substantial electoral gains in the south if Sinn Fein were to de-commission the PIRA and follow a peaceful path. The British Government were as always at the dictate of unionists and the USA was always fearful of being made look foolish if they fell in with a Peace Plan that might literally 'blow-up' in their face.

Left to Right: Vincent McKenna, Ed Curran, Paul McMinamin, Peter O'Neil, Tom Collins, John Hume and Prof Simon Lee as reported in Belfast Telegraph.

It was during these early days of the Peace Process that Vincent McKenna was asked by John Hume to draft a document that could be used as a Blue-print for multi-party talks and possible agreement. Vincent McKenna sought out a concept known as Consociational Democracy and began a process of engaging with a variety of groups and individuals involved in the conflict.

In 1994, Vincent McKenna lead a Peace Run to The Sinn Fein/PIRA National Conference in Dublin, and handed in a petition from 13000 Catholic and Protestant students at Queens University demanding that The PIRA end their campaign of Human Rights abuses against the people of Ireland. Letter below from Gerry Adams to Vincent McKenna. 

McKenna set-up public platforms at Queens University Belfast where for the first-time such areas as policing, parades, prisoners and so forth were discussed in an open and honest manner. McKenna even managed to get the first round table discussions between The Orange Order, The Pardaes Commission and The Garvaghy Roads Residents Association during a two-day conference at Queens University's Politics Department.

By the summer of 1994 McKenna had prepared the first draft of a document that set out how the key stake-holders in the north including Sinn Fein and The DUP could meet on common ground in relation to the bread and butter issues, while remaining quietly at odds in relation to the 'National Question'.

From Left to Right: Vincent McKenna, Ed Curran, Paul McMinimin, Peter O'Neil, Tom Collins, John Hume and Prof Simon Lee in 1994

When Vincent McKenna graduated from Queens University with a degree in Politics and Information Management in 1996 he was asked to continue with his work by John Hume, Brian Lenihan TD Snr and a senior official from The NIO. 

McKenna was given Post-Graduate funding and at the beginning of 1998 McKenna presented his final draft of the document that would be brought forward for cross-party discussion in the north.

Left to Right: Vincent McKenna, William Smyth (PUP) and Barry McElduff (Sinn Fein) during a debate at Queens on political prisoners organised by Vincent McKenna

Left to Right: Raymond McCartney (Ex-POW), Danny McCloskey and Bronagh McGahan (ex-POW) as reported in The Irish News and organised by Vincent McKenna

Omagh Bomb 22^nd Anniversary

Background and Key Milestones

The most important thing to remember about The Omagh Bomb is that, there were a great many agendas at play, the victims were of little concern to those agendas, as had been the case from 1969. However, the people of Ireland were told exactly what was happening before, during and after Omagh, but nobody wanted to listen.

The people were told loudly and clearly that the Sinn Fein/PIRA Leadership had armed The Real IRA in order to use them as proxies, to do their dirty-work while the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership presented themselves to the world as ‘peace-makers’. This was a tactic used many times, for example, following The Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Fein/PIRA used Direct Action Against Drugs, to murder those drug dealers who were refusing to pay protection money to Sinn Fein/PIRA.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ukup-conference-is-told-terrorist-actions-tolerated-1.150162

The Good Friday Agreement

Following The Good Friday Agreement Sinn Fein/PIRA used shootings, beatings and murder to silence those who offered any challenge to their authority, this included Sinn Fein/PIRA Rape victims. This violence by Sinn Fein/PIRA post-Good Friday Agreement was described by British Secretary of State, Mo Mowlam as “Internal House-keeping” and was not viewed as a breach of the agreed Sinn Fein/PIRA cease-fire.

This determination by Mowlam, while an outrage against civil society, God and man, was technically correct, as Sinn Fein/PIRA had deliberately excluded Catholics from the Terms and Conditions of their agreed cease-fire, The Irish Republic including its Armed Forces were also excluded from the Sinn Fein/PIRA Terms and Conditions. Effectively, Sinn Fein/PIRA had been given a licence to murder, as long as those murders were within the Catholic community. If State sponsored collusion ever existed in Northern Ireland, then this is its greatest example, fully exposed in the light of day, yet those who should have known better turned a blind eye.

Between 1992-1997 this Author was a runner between, his cousin, PIRA Chief of Staff, Kevin McKenna and Martin McGuinness, PIRA Army Council.

Kevin McKenna was also using another member of Sinn Fein/PIRA as a runner with Northern Command; however, McKenna was concerned that the second runner may have been compromised. As I had a genuine reason for visiting Monaghan each week and a genuine reason for visiting Derry each week, the security forces were less likely to take me under their notice, or so Kevin McKenna believed. I meet with McGuinness at a safe-house on The Culmore Road in Derry on a regular basis.

Kevin McKenna could trace his heritage back to Niall McKenna of 1641, who had massacred over 2,000 Protestants in the Monaghan/Tyrone region while stripping thousands more Protestants of their belongings and driving them from their homes. While Kevin McKenna was happy to kill British military personnel, he derived his greatest pleasure from purely sectarian operations such as Kingsmill (10 Protestants), Enniskillen (12 Protestants), Teebane (8 Protestants) Shankill (10 Protestants dead, 57 Protestants injured). Kevin McKenna never tired of targeting Protestants in his native Aughnacloy, County Tyrone and while he had murdered a number of Protestants in Aughnacloy and Monaghan in the 1970s, McKenna failed to carry-out any successful operations in Aughnacloy from 1980 onwards.

Martin McGuinness is a very different kettle of fish; McGuinness had been groomed by MI6 from those early days in the 1970s when the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership meet with British Officials. According to Sean O’Callaghan (a Garda and MI5 Agent) who was in regular phone contact with McGuinness in the 1990s, McGuinness was formerly recruited by MI6 in the mid-1980s. O’Callaghan claimed that he witnessed many meetings between McGuinness and MI6 Officer Oatley during a period that the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership claim there was no contact between the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership and The British. O’Callaghan also claimed that when Oatley used Irish in his communications to McGuinness, it was O’Callaghan who provided the Irish, anyone who knew McGuinness, will know that his IQ was not overwhelming.

This is the actual Communication from MI6 Officer Oatley to MI6 Agent Martin McGuinness in 1993, it was initially hand-written by Oatley and then typed up by MI6 Officer Robert, so that Guinness's name could be removed from the top and Oatley's name removed from the bottom. Read the content and see the total disregard for those who had just been murdered by Sinn Fein/PIRA in England and Northern Ireland.

In 2017, David Trimble, who had become friendly with McGuinness admitted that he was with Sean O’Callaghan when Sean O’Callaghan received a long and detailed phone call from Martin McGuinness in the 1990s. However, the greatest indictment against McGuinness is the communication below, the provenance of which the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership continue to deny, to accept its provenance as set out here is to accept that McGuinness, ‘the republican hero’, was in fact an MI6 Agent who had a free hand from his Handlers to engage in and direct murder, nothing new there when we look at all the other British Agents/informers/touts who did and continue to sit at the top of Sinn Fein/PIRA.

PIRA Cease-fire, August 1994

In August, 1994, The PIRA Army Council declared a cease-fire, the Terms and Conditions of that cease-fire have never been seen by anyone other than members of The PIRA Army Council and MI6 Officers reporting to The British Prime Minister. This author had sight of several communications between Kevin McKenna and Martin McGuinness.

On Friday, 9^th February, 1996: one hour after a statement ending their ceasefire, the Provisional IRA detonated a large lorry bomb near South Quay DLR station in the London Docklands, killing two people, injuring 40, and causing £150 million worth of damage. The IRA ceasefire had lasted 17 months and 9 days. It is not too much of a stretch to imagine that those running McGuinness, where happy to allow this bombing to go ahead and force Unionists into Government with Sinn Fein/PIRA. The tone of the communication from MI6 Officer Oatley, supports this view.

On the 20^th July, 1997, The PIRA Army Council restored their 1994 cease-fire, stating:

“We have ordered the unequivocal restoration of the ceasefire of August 1994. All units have been instructed accordingly”.

This “Restoration” of the 1994 cease-fire means that there was only one cease-fire, it broke down and was restored. This means that the Terms and Conditions agreed between Martin McGuinness and MI6 Officer, Michael Oatley, in 1994 never changed.

So, while Sinn Fein/PIRA would sign up to The Mitchel Principles in 1997, those Principles had no effect on the Terms and Conditions of the 1994 cease-fire. The 1994 Terms and Conditions excluded Catholics and The Irish Republic, including members of An Garda Siochana.

On 10^th October 1997 a Provisional IRA General Army Convention was held in Falcarragh, County Donegal, and was attended by Kevin McKenna, Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Pat Doherty, Michael McKevitt, Bernadette McKevitt Sands and so forth.

By the time the Sinn Fein/PIRA Army Convention was held in Donegal in October 1997, the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership were infiltrated to the point that Agents, Informers and Touts outnumbered actual Sinn Fein/PIRA members. This level of infiltration was fully exposed when Bobby Storey, raided Castlereagh RUC Holding Centre, in 2002, however, no action could be taken as several levels of the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership would have had to be wiped out.

The Real IRA

Following, the Sinn Fein/PIRA Convention in Donegal in October 1997, Michael McKevitt who had been Quarter-Master General on The PIRA Army Council, created The Real IRA at a shed in Oldcastle, County Meath. McKevitt was surrounded by members of The PIRA who wanted to continue with a campaign of violence against the British presence in Ireland.

Interestingly, I only parted company with Martin McGuinness following the Sinn Fein/Provisional IRA General Army Convention which was held in Falcarragh, County Donegal, On 10^th October 1997. I parted company with McGuinness as I was advised by members of my extended paternal family in Dundalk and south Armagh, that Michael McKevitt and others were being allowed, by The Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership, including Kevin McKenna, Martin McGuinness and Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy, to empty PIRA arms dumps as they prepared to set-up The Real IRA.

I travelled from Belfast to Monaghan at the end of 1997 to ask Kevin McKenna (Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy had just been appointed Chief of Staff of the PIRA – Murphy was no less ruthless than Kevin McKenna but he was easily bought as he was promised by MI6 that his criminal empire would remain untouched by the security forces in the north) why the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership were allowing McKevitt to take explosives, weapons, ammunition and personnel without sanction. Kevin McKenna said that;

“The odd bomb going off here and there would help keep Unionists focused on working with the ‘Doves’”.

Kevin McKenna, PIRA Chief of Staff, 1983-1997/98

Normally anyone who misused or misappropriated as much a bullet belonging to The PIRA was court-martialled and punishment administered, two of the disappeared had allegedly mis-used a single gun belonging to the PIRA.

I was devastated by Kevin’s answer as I had put a lot of work into the peace-process and I had convinced a lot of people to give Sinn Fein a chance to move away from violence. Kevin McKenna and the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership had decided to use The Real IRA as proxies to do their dirty-work, just as they had done with many proxy groups over the years. This tactic would back-fire with the Omagh Bomb, and only then did the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership condemn the so called ‘Dissidents’.

Martina Anderson MLA used her position as MEP to lobby The Irish Government not to extradite Omagh Bomber, Liam Campbell, yet again exposing the lie of so called ‘Dissidents’. Sinn Fein members on Fermanagh and Omagh District Council supported a call by Republican Sinn Fein/CIRA not to extradite Omagh Bomber, Liam Campbell. While there are many examples of the hand in glove relationship between Sinn Fein/PIRA and so called ‘dissidents’, the examples above, are good recent examples, that expose the Truth about The Omagh Bomb in 1998.

When Kevin McKenna told me that Sinn Fein/PIRA were arming The Real IRA to use them as proxies, I changed tactic, in March 1998, I gave an exclusive front-page story to The Sunday Times in which I described my time in Sinn Fein/PIRA in Monaghan and the Ethnic Cleansing strategy developed and operationalised by Jim Lynagh and the Sinn Fein/PIRA leadership in 1986.

In March 1998, I went to war with Sinn Fein/PIRA on the parades issue, I had known from 1996 that Sinn Fein/PIRA had manufactured opposition to Loyal Order parades and I had tried to convince them that this was wrong on all levels. I had initially engaged with all parties involved in the parades issue and some good work was done, however, Sinn Fein/PIRA were not reciprocating the bold moves being made by the Loyal Orders.

Over the following months and years, I would be subject to many attacks for the stand I had taken, as it was not simply a stand against Sinn Fein/PIRA but also a stand against the See, Hear and Speak no Evil Brigade.

Real IRA as Proxies

While on the 31^st of August 1994 The PIRA Army Council issued a general press statement declaring their cease-fire, through P.O’Neil, This press statement did not contain any meat on the bones of the Terms and Conditions of the PIRA cease-fire, the detailed Terms and Conditions which have never been altered to this day were delivered by Martin McGuinness to MI6.

There was in fact a twin-track approach, The Good Friday Agreement did not mirror the Terms and Conditions of The PIRA cease-fire. The Good Friday Agreement did not contain any detail about ‘Comfort Letters’, it did not contain any detail about Sinn Fein/PIRA being allowed to continue Human Rights abuses against the Catholic community (including murder and rape) and so forth. The latter is why, The British Secretary of State, Mo Mowlam, stated in 1999 that the murder of Charles Bennett by The PIRA was not viewed as a breach of The PIRA cease-fire but was viewed by the British as “Internal-House-keeping”.

British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, tried to under-mine my efforts and the efforts of others, by offering a false sense of security to those who has suffered at the hands of Sinn Fein/PIRA and Loyalist terrorists for decades when on, Wednesday 20^th May 1998, Blair delivered a speech at the Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster in which he unveiled a hand-written set of pledges to the people of Ireland in advance of the Referendum on 22^nd May 1998.

The text of the pledges was as follows:

“I pledge to the people of Northern Ireland:

1.   No change in the status of Northern Ireland without the express consent of the people of Northern Ireland.

2.    Power to take decisions returned to a Northern Ireland Assembly, with accountable North/South co-operation.

3.      Fairness and equality guaranteed for all.

4.      Those who use or threaten violence excluded from the Government of Northern Ireland.

5.      Prisoners kept in unless violence is given up for good”.

The Omagh Bomb

On the 15^th August 1998, 29 people were murdered and over 200 injured in Omagh, County Tyrone, by a Real IRA Bomb that had the DNA of three organisations.

The Leadership of Sinn Fein/PIRA would reinstate their agreed cease-fire with MI6, and while Sinn Fein/PIRA would no longer attack British Military, their Racist campaign against the Protestant community would continue, although by means of different tactics.

Sinn Fein/PIRA would also use their now redundant murders to take iron fist control of those communities in which Sinn Fein/PIRA engaged in whole sale criminality including murder and rape.

The Omagh bombing was a car bombing on 15 August 1998 in the town of Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was carried out by a group calling themselves the Real Irish Republican Army, a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) splinter group who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement. The bombing killed 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) and injured some 220 others, making it the deadliest single incident of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Telephoned warnings had been sent almost 40 minutes beforehand but were inaccurate, and police had inadvertently moved people toward the bomb.

The bombing caused outrage both locally and internationally, and in that outrage the Truth was lost, and political spin directed from Whitehall won the day. The Real IRA denied that the bomb was intended to kill civilians and apologised, shortly after, the group declared a ceasefire. The victims included people of many backgrounds and ages, Protestants, Catholics, six teenagers, six children, a woman pregnant with twins, two Spanish tourists and others on a day trip from the Republic of Ireland. Both unionists and Irish nationalists were killed and injured. As a result of the bombing, new anti-terrorism laws were swiftly enacted by both the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

The Sinn Fein/PIRA tactic of using The Real IRA as proxies to force unionists into a power-sharing Assembly had back-fired, although the political spin did present Sinn Fein/PIRA as The 'Doves', in the 'republican' menagerie of murder.

It has been alleged that the British, Irish and US intelligence agencies had information which could have prevented the bombing, most of which came from double agents inside the Real IRA, but this information was not given to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). In 2008, the BBC reported that British intelligence agency GCHQ was monitoring conversations between the bombers as the bomb was being driven into Omagh.

A 2001 report by the Police Ombudsman said that the RUC Special Branch failed to act on prior warnings and criticised the RUC's investigation of the bombing. Police reportedly obtained circumstantial and coincidental evidence against some suspects, but they were unable to convict anyone of the bombing. Colm Murphy was tried, and convicted. He was released on appeal after it was revealed that Garda Special Branch Detectives, Donnelly and Fahy based in Monaghan Town, forged interview notes used in the case.

Murphy's nephew Sean Hoey, was also tried but was acquitted. In June 2009, the victims' families won a £1.6 million civil action settlement against four defendants, who were found liable for the bombing. In 2014, Seamus Daly was charged with the murder of 29 people; however, the case against him was withdrawn in 2016. All of the above had been named by this Author in 1998.

The Real IRA's tactics were the same as those of the IRA before it. It targeted the British security forces and also carried out bombings of symbolic or economic targets. The goal was to damage the economy and cause severe disruption, to put pressure on the British government to withdraw. Warnings were sent before such bombings, along with a code-word so that the authorities would know it was genuine. The Real IRA began its paramilitary campaign with an attempted car bombing in Banbridge, County Down on 7^th January 1998.

The 300 pounds (140 kg) explosive was defused by security forces. Over the following months, it mounted several car bomb and mortar attacks. There were attacks or attempted attacks in Moira, Portadown, Armagh, Newry, Lisburn, Belfast, and Belleek, as well as another car bombing in Banbridge on 1^st August, 1998, which caused thirty-five injuries but no deaths. Banbridge was not condemned by Sinn Fein/PIRA.

The Omagh bombing took place 13 weeks after the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998 was signed. Intended to be a comprehensive solution to the Troubles, it had broad support both in Ireland and internationally. While The Good Friday Agreement offered a blue-print for an agreed settlement, it was the Dirty-Deal done between the Sinn Fein/PIRA Leadership and MI6 that would and continues to under-mine confidence in The Good Friday Agreement.

On 13^th August, a maroon Vauxhall Cavalier was stolen from outside a block of flats in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, by Paddy Dixon, a Garda informer, who was being handled by Garda Sgt John White. At that time, it bore the County Donegal registration number of 91 DL 2554. The bombers replaced its Republic of Ireland number plates with fake Northern Ireland plates (MDZ 5211), and loaded the car with about 500 pounds (230 kg) of fertiliser-based explosives. The boaster pack was filled with Provisional IRA commercial explosives.

On Saturday 15^th August, the bomb car was driven from County Monaghan, by Seamus McKenna, across the Irish border to Omagh, travelling north and west. A 'scout car' drove ahead of the bomb car to warn it of any checkpoints, and the two cars were in constant contact by mobile phone. At 14:19, the bomb car was parked outside S.D. Kells' clothes shop on Omagh's Market Street, at the eastern edge of the town centre, near the crossroads with Dublin Road. The driver, Seamus McKenna, could not find a parking space near the intended target, Omagh Courthouse, the scene of previous Provisional IRA attacks. 

Seamus McKenna and his young Real IRA apprentice, armed the bomb and set the timer to detonate it in 40 minutes. They left the car and walked east down-Market Street towards Campsie Road, before leaving Omagh in the scout car. A family of Spanish tourists happened to take photos by the car. The photographer died in the bombing, but the man and child in the photograph survived.

At around 14:30, three phone calls were made warning of a bomb in Omagh, using the same codeword that had been used in the Real IRA's bombing in Banbridge two weeks earlier: "Martha Pope”, it is believed that this code=word was chosen by a female member of The Real IRA Leadership. The calls were made from telephone boxes many miles away in south County Armagh. The first warning was telephoned to Ulster Television saying, "There's a bomb, courthouse, Omagh, main street, 500lb, explosion 30 minutes". One minute later, the office received a second warning saying, "Bomb, Omagh town, 15 minutes". The caller claimed the warning on behalf of "Óglaigh na hÉireann". The next minute, the Coleraine office of the Samaritans received a call stating that a bomb would go off on the "main street" of Omagh "about 200 yards" (180 m) from the courthouse. The recipients passed on the information to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).

The BBC News stated that police "were clearing an area near the local courthouse, 40 minutes after receiving a telephone warning, when the bomb detonated. But the warning was unclear and the wrong area was evacuated". The warnings mentioned "main street" when there was no street by that name in Omagh, although Market Street–High Street was the town's main shopping street. It runs for hundreds of yards east–west from the site of the bomb to the courthouse. Given the warnings, police believed the bomb was near the courthouse, so they evacuated the surrounding buildings and streets. As it happened, they moved people away from the courthouse and towards the site of the bomb, placing a cordon at Scarffe's Entry. The courthouse is roughly 365 yards (334 m) from the spot where the car bomb was parked. During the later Special Criminal Court trial of Real IRA director Michael McKevitt, witnesses for the prosecution said that the inaccurate warnings were accidental.

Conclusion

On the 22^nd Anniversary of Omagh, this article is as close as anyone will ever get to the truth, the information in this article was made fully available in 1998, but the Truth was buried for political expediency.

In 1998 great efforts were made to silence this author, this author told you, that the Sinn Fein/PIRA Leadership had armed The Real IRA to use them as proxies, this author publicly named those involved in The Omagh Bomb including those at Leadership level in Sinn Fein/PIRA who had taken the decision to arm The Real IRA, this author also told you publicly that nobody would ever be convicted of The Omagh Bomb, 22 years later, who is the liar now?

You can continue to be believe the Liars, the Spin Doctors, those who have much to hide and those who are simply ashamed that they allowed the Truth to be buried for political expediency.