Derry Dissident Deported from U.S.

23 Nov 2005
Irish Voice
Sean O'Driscoll

A Derry dissident Republican has been deported from the U.S. after refusing an FBI and British intelligence offer to become an informer in exchange for a new house in Portugal and large cash payments. Sean Devine, who has fundraised for dissident Republican prisoners, was recently questioned at Newark Airport for over six hours by a five man team lead by the FBI, the Northern Ireland Special Branch and the British Intelligence organization, MI5.

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Informer, MI5, Portugal, Real IRA

Dungiven Man ‘Disgusted’ At US Arrest

11 Nov 2005
Derry Journal


A Dungiven man has said he is ‘totally disgusted’ at the way he was treated after he was stopped entering the United States last week and pressurised into becoming an informer for the PSNI. The man, Sean Devine, also said he is deeply perturbed at the extent of the surveillance he must have been kept under in order for the security services to know so much about him. Mr. Devine said that he had been involved in work for republican prisoners in Maghaberry but had never been before a court on any sort of charges. He told the Journal what happened:

Continue Reading... Labels: Informer, MI5, Portugal, Real IRA

Deportee's Real IRA Links

30 Nov 2005
Irish Voice
Sean O'Driscoll


A Derry man who was deported from the U.S. earlier this month is a fundraiser for a Republican prisoner welfare group which the U.S. government considers a front for the Real IRA, the Justice Department has confirmed. Sean Devine, from Dungiven in Co. Derry, told the Irish Voice last week that he was offered a new home in Portugal if he became an informer for MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Informer, MI5, Portugal, Real IRA