Britain’s most valuable IRA informer in 'The Troubles' is named

pathfinder - of course at the 'time of the famine' you freedom-loving, non-class Yanks had millions of slaves...shall we take it that pro-slavery views expressed in 'The South' (and by many in the North) in those days are still relevant? Many European (and other) democracies have constitutional monarchs...and MOST are a lot more tolerant and democratic that the U.S., so what's your point again?

First time here . . . I think the British government will lie like Lucifer. Believe nothing they tell you. The United States threw them over in the 18th Century, and it was the best thing we ever did. They have kings and queens. They believe in a class system, and if you're not British, you're nothing but a monkey. You can see it in their renditions of the Irish in the British periodicals during the Famine. They will say and do anything to stir the pot.

Tay: Possibly, but the Viet Cong could not be defeated. I would assume that if the British military had informers up and down the provo organization, they could have wiped it out. If they chose not to, than they are responsible for prolonging the bloodshed.

Huge impulsive rush to judgment here by the Irish media....again. Only facts that we have here is a conversation between two british agents overseeing the occupation of a small part of Ireland.I am some what surprised by our Irish posters buying into british dirty rotten tricks.....again.

IrelandNorth - I think it was one to change the lightbulb, two to tell the Brits when it was getting changed, one to demand that a much older bulb be reused, another two to claim they had the only worthwhile replacement - and fight each other about that, and six to talk about how good the old lightbulb had been...

With apologies to Saint Patrick, there are still snakes in Ireland...

ancavker, its a known fact that they kept it going because it was a game to them, the thrill of the chase and all that. Much like vietnam and the unwinnable war in the desert at the mo.

One has to ask that with all the informers that the British had, why were they not able to destroy the Provos years ago?

How many IRA's does it take to change a light bulb? Only one! As long as the lightbulb is British.

By the bay look at teh figures, IRA killed a thousand or two. British forces and loyalists death toll is not much less!

@sirpeter - First the vikings, then the Normans, and then the English; we are a put-upon people for sure. We'd better start learning the lessons of history quick, and perhaps for the first time :)

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i doubt whether Scap was the brits most important mole in PIRA, he didn't have access to day to day operations & the Loughall unit was certainly set up by a mole, there was a mole in the Derry brigade, the Gardai had Sean Callghan, the RUC had a mole in the Short Strand area that was near the PIRA high command for 15 years, so when they say Scap was their most important informant, i doubt it.

barneyjo. Sing "Irish ways and Irish laws" for me? Consider the truths in that one.Or are those lyrics made-to-measure history?lol

@GeorgeDillon: No worries, thanks.