MI5 'taped dissident conversations'

28 November 2009
Belfast Telegraph

Secret services agents recorded 190 hours of conversations involving three dissident republicans facing terror charges, Belfast Crown Court has heard.The three men were arrested as part of an MI5 sting to smash a gun smuggling operation by dissidents between May 2005 and June 2006.

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Michael Dermot, Panda Restaurant, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA

Gun-running trial held up by busy spies

28 November 2009
Mirror

Prosecutors are struggling to get statements from dozens of spies involved in an alleged dissident republican plot to buy arms, it emerged yesterday.

Lawyers say some of the 33 secret agents who will play a major part in a massive criminal case next year are involved in "various duties" and pinning them down could take "some time".

The news emerged during a pre-trial hearing for three men arrested as part of an MI5 sting to smash a gun smuggling operation between May 2005 and June 2006.

Continue Reading... Labels: Alison Kearns, Alvor, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Michael Dermot, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA

Trio deny arms smuggling role

28 November 2009
The Irish News

British secret service agents recorded 190 hours of conversations involving three dissident republicans facing terrorism charges, Belfast Crown Court heard yesterday. The three men were arrested as part of an MI5 sting to smash an alleged gun-smuggling operation between May 2005 and June 2006.

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Michael Dermot, Panda Restaurant, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA