HYDRAS HEAD SCAPPATICCI Did you know that the Irish state paid Freddie Scappaticci's lawyers €382,270 euros so he could defend himself against the accusation of being Stakeknife? This payment was authorised in 2013. It's about time the files in the Department of Justice on the Smithwick tribunal were made available for public inspection. Hopefully, the Taoiseach's comments in the Dáil mark the beginning of this disclosure process. Scappaticci was not merely an informant; he was an agent...

Flowers and tributes laid at the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings Memorial on Talbot Street in Dublin on May 17 after a service marking the 51st anniversary of the series of no-warning blasts which claimed more than 30 lives and injured hundreds.   The Dublin and Monaghan car bombings of 1974 were unspeakable crimes of wanton savagery, executed with total disregard for human life and suffering. Terrible Record Some 34 souls were murdered on that evening, 10 killed in Parnell St, 15 killed in...

Sir Iain Livingstone Head of Operation Denton Operation Denton Review – False Dawn The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974 stand as the deadliest atrocity of the Troubles, claiming 34 lives in the Republic of Ireland. ​ Despite the passage of time, accountability for these events remains elusive, shaped by jurisdictional complexities, secrecy doctrines, and strategies of narrative deflection. Scene in Talbot Street 17 May 1974 - 15 Murdered NCND “Neither Confirm nor Deny” (NCND) is...