New book claims IRA ordered senior member be shot for running brothel with loyalists
'Agents of Influence: Britain's Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA' is published by Merrion Press
13 April, 2021 01:00
Dr Aaron Edwards
THE IRA ordered that a senior member who later emerged as a suspected informer be shot for running a brothel with loyalists in the 1970s, a new book claims.
Former British soldier John Joe Magee went on to be a leading figure in the IRA's internal security unit, known as the 'nutting squad'.
Its role was to root out and interrogate informers and agents - many of whom were later shot dead.