Senior Real IRA man gets 20-year jail term

2 October 2010 Irish Times THE SO-CALLED second in command of the Real IRA was yesterday jailed for 20 years for attempting to smuggle 104,000 of guns and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul Anthony John McCaugherty (44) from Beechcourt in Lurgan, Co Armagh, had sought the equipment for the Real IRA from an arms dealer who was a security...

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REAL IRA DEPUTY JAILED FOR 20YRS IN MI5 STING

Paul McCaugherty / Dermot Gregory 2 October 2010 Mirror Michael Donnelly Dissident chief guilty of £90k gun smuggling plot THE Real IRA's second-in-command was yesterday jailed for 20 years for attempting to smuggle £90,000 of guns and explosives. Sent down with Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, 44, was 42-year-old Dermot Declan Gregory...

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RIRA gun run plotter gets 20yrs after sting

Paul McCaugherty / Dermot Gregory 2 October 2010  The Sun Jason Johnson A SENIOR Real IRA terrorist was starting a 20-year prison sentence last night after being snared in an MI5 sting operation. Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, 44, struck a deal with an undercover agent as he plotted to import guns and explosives into the UK. Mr...

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Pair jailed for Real IRA arms plot

Paul Anthony John McCaugherty and Dermot Declan Gregory 1 October 2010 UTV News Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, 44, from Beechcourt in Lurgan Co Armagh, was jailed for attempting to smuggle €104,000 of guns and explosives into Northern Ireland. His co-accused, Dermot Declan Gregory, aka Michael Dermot Gregory, 42, from Concession Road,...

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Pair jailed for Real IRA gun plot

1 October 2010 BBC Paul McCaugherty was found guilty after a non-jury trial Two men have been jailed for their part in a dissident republican gun smuggling plot which was uncovered after an MI5 sting operation. Paul McCaugherty, 43, of Beech Court in Lurgan who was found guilty of attempting to import weapons and explosives, was given 20 years. Dermot Declan Gregory of Concession Road in Crossmaglen, was found guilty...

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Real IRA man jailed for 20 years

1 Oct 2010 Irish Times A leading dissident republican was has been jailed for 20 years for attempting to smuggle weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty (43) from Lurgan, Co Armagh, was convicted of a string of offences at Belfast Crown Court related to the elaborate two-year undercover sting operation carried out by MI...

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Men jailed over arms smuggling plot

1 Oct 2010 Independent Two men were have been jailed after a dissident republican gun smuggling plot was uncovered by an MI5 sting operation. Paul McCaugherty, 44, of Lurgan, Co Armagh, was found guilty of attempting to import weapons and explosives and given 20 years. He sought the equipment for the Real IRA from an arms dealer who was a security services agent. Dermot Declan Gregory, 42, of Crossmaglen, was found guilty of...

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Prison break; Fear dissident inmates are hatching copycat Maze plan

15 August 2010 The News of the World Ciaran McGuigan It's feared dissident republicans who called off a dirty protest could be plotting a mass jail ESCAPE instead. The group in top security Maghaberry Prison won search concessions and secured free movement and association 12 hours a day inside the republican landings after a deal with prison chiefs. The deal on Thursday ended a two-month dirty protest by dissidents at the jail's...

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Warder flees over kill plot

8 August 2010 The News of the World A prison officer has been moved from his Co Antrim home and hidden because of a dissident republican murder plot. The warder was whisked from Maghaberry village and taken to a secret location on Thursday after news of the threat was leaked. The plot came as terrorist godfather Paul McCaugherty, 43, of Oglaigh na hEireann, ordered an escalation of the ongoing dirty protest inside the republican...

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Terrorists plotted to kill SAS chief

4 July 2010 The Sunday Times John Mooney Republican dissidents secretly planned to murder Sir Michael Rose, a retired British army general who commanded the SAS. Paul McCaugherty, then second-in-command of Oglaigh na hEireann (OnH), a republican faction, discussed the idea with an undercover MI5 agent posing as an arms deale...

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ARMS SMUGGLER WAS MI5 GRASS

ARMS SMUGGLER WAS MI5 GRASS 4 July 2010 Ciaran Barnes, Crime Reporter The Sunday Life A MAN convicted of involvement in the Real IRA arms smuggling plot is a suspected MI5 informant. Dermot Gregory was fingered by dissident godfather Colm Murphy as being a paid army spy involved in setting up republicans along the border. Gregory, 41, will be sentenced later this year for helping Lurgan Real IRA leader Paul McCaugherty try...

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RIRA plot to kill general

4 July 2010 The Sunday Life Ciaran Barnes The REAL IRA wanted to pay a Balkan hitman to murder a top British army general responsible for operations in Bosnia. The plan to kill Sir Michael Rose -- which could come straight from the pages of a spy novel -- was the brainchild of Lurgan terror boss Paul McCaughert...

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Boss on new charge

4 July 2010 The Sunday Life Terror boss Paul McCaugherty is facing even more charges. The Real IRA chief was arrested at his home in the Beech Court area of Lurgan on June 25 after a police raid. The 43-year-old was charged with possessing information likely to be of use to terrorists. Bald McCaugherty appeared in Lisburn Magistrates' Court three days later. Details of the fresh charges against the dissident republican godfather...

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Arms smuggler was MI5 grass

4 July 2010 The Sunday Life Ciaran Barnes A man convicted of involvement in the Real IRA arms smuggling plot is a suspected MI5 informant. Dermot Gregory was fingered by dissident godfather Colm Murphy as being a paid army spy involved in setting up republicans along the border. Gregory, 41, will be sentenced later this year for helping Lurgan Real IRA leader Paul McCaugherty try to smuggle guns and explosives into Northern...

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How an MI5 'weapons dealer' tricked a Real IRA leader

2 July 2010 BBC Conor Spackman It was a case which could have come straight from the pages of a spy novel - but in fact it was a deadly real-life narrative. A self-proclaimed leader of the Real IRA attending exotic meetings across Europe, plotting to secure the sophisticated weaponry which would be used to target the British commander of UN forces in Bosnia as well as police officers in Northern Ireland. In fact Paul McCaugherty...

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Dissident republican plotter put in isolation

2 July 2010  Mirror   Maurice Fitzmaurice A DISSIDENT republican who took part in a plot to buy arms for the Real IRA has been put in an isolation cell while he awaits sentencing, it emerged last night. Dermot Declan Gregory, aka Michael Dermot Gregory, from Crossmaglen, Co Armagh, was found guilty on Wednesday of making a restaurant available for a gang that was trying to buy assault rifles and rocket launc...

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He said the Real IRA had been scheming... and the arms deal would be the icing on the cake

1 July 2010 Belfast Telegraph FOR two years he travelled to cities across Europe, plotting a deadly gunsmuggling operation designed to bring terror to the streets of Northern Ireland. But Real IRA boss Paul McCaugherty's plans had one fatal flaw. His misplaced trust in a man he believed to be an arms dealer -- but who was actually a covert MI5 agent -- who blew the lid on the smuggling plo...

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Secret agents are our hidden heroes

1 July 2010 Belfast Telegraph Comment Spies and double agents have had a chequered -- and in many cases an unsavoury -- history throughout the decades of terrorist activities in both parts of Ireland. There are well documented cases where agents overstepped the mark during the most recent Troubles and engaged directly in terrorism up to, and including, murder. Yet, it has to be accepted that the often murky world of intelligence-gathering...

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'It was an elaborate and successful hoax that completely fooled a determined terrorist'

1 July 2010 Belfast Telegraph Paul McCaugherty was one of a group of terrorists who were determined to buy arms and explosives to carry out attacks on the security forces, a judge has said. Convicting McCaugherty of a series of terrorism charges relating to a two-year MI5 sting operation, Mr Justice Hart said there was "extremely compelling" evidence against him. McCaugherty (43), from Beech Court in Lurgan, had denied a total...

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Terrorist duped in MI5 gun deal sting

1 July 2010 The Sun David Young A REAL IRA commander duped by an MI5 agent was found guilty yesterday of trying to smuggle a huge cache of weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty, 43, from Lurgan, Co Armagh, had no idea he was being targeted in a sting operation. At Belfast Crown Court Justice Hart said the evidence against McCaugherty was "extremely compelling". The judge added: "He was one of a group...

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Real IRA leader found guilty after MI5 sting

1 July 2010  Irish Independent A LEADING dissident republican who was duped by an MI5 agent posing as an arms dealer was found guilty yesterday of trying to smuggle a huge cache of weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty (43) from Lurgan in Co Armagh had no idea the arsenal he agreed to buy for more than €100,000 did not even exist and that he was instead being targeted by the British security services...

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Real IRA chief guilty

1 July 2010 The Times A Real IRA commander caught in an MI5 sting was found guilty of trying to smuggle weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty, 43, from Lurgan, County Armagh, was targeted by an agent posing as an arms dealer. Mr Justice Hart heard evidence in the non-jury case at Belfast Crown Cou...

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IRA man guilty of arms smuggling

1 July 2010  The Journal Newcastle A LEADING dissident republican duped by an MI5 agent posing as an arms dealer has been found guilty of trying to smuggle a huge cache of weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty, 43, from County Armagh, had no idea the arsenal he agreed to buy for more than 100,000 euros did not exist and he was instead being targeted by a Security Services sting operation. Convicting...

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Real IRA chief caught in M15 weapons sting

1 July 2010 The Daily Telegraph Gordon Rayner A REAL IRA commander has been convicted of trying to smuggle weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland after being snared by a MI5 sting operation. Paul McCaugherty, 43, was caught trying to buy an arsenal of weapons from an agent posing as a Middle Eastern arms dealer. The security service agent, known as Ali, spent two years meeting McCaugherty and bugging 90 hours of conversations,...

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Dissident republican (43) guilty of smuggling plot

1 July 2010  The Irish News A leading dissident republican duped by an MI5 agent posing as an arms dealer was found guilty yesterday of trying to smuggle a huge cache of weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty (43) from Lurgan, Co Armagh, had no idea the arsenal he agreed to buy for more than EUR100,000 did not exist and he was instead being targeted by the security services in a two-year undercover...

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Dissident guilty of anti-tank gun plot

1 July 2010 Mirror Maurice Fitzmaurice MI5 sting snares republican A DISSIDENT republican who tried to buy anti-tank rockets from MI5 agents was found guilty of conspiring to obtain arms and explosives yesterday. "Roly-poly" Paul Anthony McCaugherty from Beech Court, Lurgan, Co Armagh. yawned as a Belfast Crown Court judge rejected defence claims he had been "entrapped or induced" by the "role-playing agent" known only as "Ali"....

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Two guilty over MI5 arms sting

Paul McCaugherty / Dermot Gregory 30 June 2010 UTV Two men have been found guilty of attempting to smuggle weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland from an arms dealer who was an MI5 agent. The Real IRA's arms procurer duped as he was wined and dined by a British Secret Service Agent in Amsterdam Brugges and Istanbul, was convicted...

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THE QUEEN v PAUL ANTHONY McCAUGHERTY and DERMOT DECLAN GREGORY

McCaugherty & Anor, R v [2010] NICC 28 (30 June 2010) Neutral Citation No. [2010] NICC 28 Ref: HAR7901 Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered: 30/06/10 (subject to editorial corrections)* IN THE CROWN COURT SITTING IN BELFAST________THE QUEEN-v-PAUL ANTHONY McCAUGHERTYDERMOT DECLAN GREGORY(aka Michael Dermot)________ HART J [1] The defendants are charged with various offences connected with...

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Dissident terrorist 'determined' to buy arms

30 June 2010 Press Association David Young A leading dissident republican duped by an MI5 agent posing as an arms dealer was found guilty today of trying to smuggle a huge cache of weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty, 43, from Lurgan, County Armagh, had no idea the arsenal he agreed to buy for more than 100,000 euros did not exist and he was instead being targeted by the Security Services in a two-year...

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IRA dissident caught buying guns explosives

30 June 2010 The New Zealand Herald DUBLIN - A self-described senior Irish Republican Army dissident has been convicted by a Belfast judge of trying to buy guns, explosives and other weapons from undercover British agents. The case against 43-year-old Paul McCaugherty featured testimony from two agents from the MI5 spy agency who posed as Middle Eastern arms dealers and recorded their conversations with McCaugherty from 2004...

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IRA dissident seeking guns caught in British sting

30 June 2010 Associated Press A self-described senior Irish Republican Army dissident has been convicted by a Belfast judge of trying to buy guns, explosives and other weapons from undercover British agents. The case against 43-year-old Paul McCaugherty featured testimony from two agents from the MI5 spy agency who posed as Middle Eastern arms dealers and recorded their conversations with McCaugherty from 2004 to 2006. Belfast...

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Man tried to smuggle weapons into NI

30 June 2010 RTE News A leading dissident republican duped by an MI5 agent posing as an arms dealer was found guilty today of trying to smuggle a huge cache of weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty, 43, from Beech Court, Lurgan, Co Armagh, had no idea the arsenal he agreed to buy for more than €100,000 did not exist and he was instead being targeted by the Security Services in a two-year undercover sting...

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

Northern Ireland man guilty of gun smuggling plot

30 June 2010  Agence France Presse A man in Northern Ireland caught in a sting operation mounted by British secret agents was found guilty Wednesday of trying to smuggle weapons and explosives into the province. Paul McCaugherty, 43, had attempted to import an arsenal worth more than 100,000 euros (123,000 dollars) from an MI5 agent posing as a dealer. McCaugherty says he is a commander of the Real IRA dissident republican...

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N. Irish militant found guilty in MI5 gun case

30 June 2010 Reuters News Andras Gergely in Dublin / editing: David Stamp A Northern Irish court found a Republican militant guilty on Wednesday of plotting to smuggle in weapons and explosives via a dealer, who turned out to be an agent of Britain's MI5 spy agency. Paul McCaugherty, who had admitted to being a member of the Real IRA splinter group, had denied charges including conspiring to obtain arms and explosives and using...

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Two guilty of Real IRA gun plot

30 June 2010 BBC Two men on trial after an MI5 sting operation targeting a dissident republican gun smuggling plot have been found guilty by a judge in Belfast. Paul McCaugherty, 43, of Beech Court in Lurgan was found guilty of attempting to import weapons and explosives from a dealer who was actually an MI5 agent. Dermot Declan Gregory of Concession Road in Crossmaglen, was found guilty of making a Portuguese property available...

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Man faces terrorist information charge

28 June 2010 The Irish News A 43-year-old man is to appear in court today charged with possession of information likely to be of use to terrorists. He was arrested in Lurgan, Co Armagh, on Friday and is believed to have been questioned in connection with an ongoing investigation into dissident republican activit...

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Closing statements made in dissident gun-running trial

22 June 2010 The Irish News A lawyer yesterday declared that it was "perfectly clear" that an alleged dissident republican was guilty of plotting to buy and smuggle guns and explosives. The claim came from Gordon Kerr QC, prosecuting, as he made final submissions in the Belfast Crown Court trial of Co Armagh men Paul McCaugherty and Dermot Gregory, also known as Michael Dermot. McCaugherty (43) from Beech Court in Lurgan faces...

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Judgment reserved in MI5 arms sting case

22 June 2010 Belfast Telegraph It is "perfectly clear" that an alleged dissident republican was guilty of plotting to buy and smuggle guns and explosives, a prosecutor has told Belfast Crown Court. The claim was made by Gordon Kerr QC as he made final submissions in the trial of Co Armagh men Paul McCaugherty and Declan Gregory, also known as Michael Dermo...

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Verdict in IRA case due soon

22 June 2010 Mirror Paul Higgins A lawyer yesterday declared it was "perfectly clear" that an alleged dissident republican was guilty of plotting to buy and smuggle guns and explosives. The claim came from prosecuting QC Gordon Kerr as he made final submissions in the Belfast Crown Court trial of Co Armagh men Paul McCaugherty and Declan Gregory, also known as Michael Dermo...

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MI5 weapons case judgement due

21 June 2010 BBC News A judge in the non-jury trial of two men accused of terrorism charges has retired to consider his verdict. Paul McCaugherty, 43, from Beech Court in Lurgan faces six charges including conspiring to obtain arms and explosives, IRA membership and using money for the purposes of terrorism. Declan Gregory, 41, of Concession Road, Crossmaglen, denies two charges making property available to terrorists. Mr...

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Real IRA gun smuggling trial ends

21 June 2010 UTV A lawyer has declared it was "perfectly clear" that an alleged dissident republican was guilty of plotting to buy and smuggle guns and explosives. The claim came from prosecuting QC Gordon Kerr as he made final submissions in the Belfast Crown Court trial of County Armagh men Paul McCaugherty and Declan Gregory, AKA Michael Dermot. McCaugherty (43) from Beech Court in Lurgan faces a total of six charges including...

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Gun accused freed over entrapment

19 June 2010 Irish Times AN ARMAGH man accused of a gun smuggling plot walked free from court yesterday after the prosecution decided not to appeal a judge’s decision to stop the case. Prosecution lawyer David McDowell told Mr Justice Hart in Belfast Crown Court that “we do not intend to appeal your Lordship’s ruling yesterday so the defendant can be discharged”. Following an abuse-of-process application from defence QC Orlando...

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Real IRA suspect caught in MI5 sting freed by judge

19 June 2010 The Guardian Henry McDonald Ruling that agent illegally entrapped defendant Blow to operation against alleged arms smuggling An operation against an alleged Real IRA arms smuggling network suffered a blow yesterday after a judge ruled that MI5 had illegally entrapped one of the accused in a sting involving an undercover agent. The case against Desmond Kearns, 44, at Belfast crown court was stopped by the judge,...

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MI5 agent blamed for trial failure

19 June 2010 Mirror RELEASED A MAN accused of a gun smuggling plot walked free from court yesterday after the prosecution decided not to appeal a judge's decision to stop the case. Following an application on behalf of 44-year-old Desmond Kearns from Lurgan, Co Armagh, Mr Justice Hart sitting in the Diplock, no jury court, ruled that an MI5 agent known only as 'Amir' had gone into the area of entrapment. The judge said that...

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No challenge over decision to free arms plot

19 June 2010 Belfast Telegraph Paul Higgins A man who had been accused of a gun smuggling plot walked free from court yesterday after the prosecution decided not to appeal a judge's decision to stop the case. Prosecution lawyer David McDowell told Belfast Crown Court judge Mr Justice Hart: "We do not intend to appeal your Lordship's ruling yesterday so the defendant can be discharged...

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Real IRA suspect caught in MI5 sting freed by judge

18 June 2010 Guardian Henry McDonald Arms smuggling case against Desmond Kearns collapses after judge rules he was illegally entrapped by MI5 agent An operation against an alleged Real IRA arms smuggling network suffered a blow today after a judge ruled that MI5 had illegally entrapped one of the accused in a sting involving an undercover agent. The case against Desmond Kearns, 44, at Belfast crown court was stopped by the judge,...

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Judge halts arms plot trial over MI5 entrapment

18 June 2010 Belfast Telegraph A MAN arrested in an MI5 sting against dissident Republicans could be freed if the prosecution does not contest a judge's ruling that a Secret Service agent over-stepped the mark. Belfast Crown Court judge Mr Justice Hart yesterday agreed to a defence application on behalf of Desmond Paul Kearns (44) that his trial be stopped because he'd been 'entrapped' by the agent known only as 'Amir'. But...

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Gun smuggling accused walks free

18 June 2010  UTV News A Co. Armagh man who had been accused of a gun smuggling plot walked free from court on Friday after the prosecution decided not to appeal a judge's decision to stop the case. Prosecution lawyer David McDowell told Belfast Crown Court judge Mr Justice Hart "we do not intend to appeal your Lordship's ruling ...so the defendant can be discharged". Following an abuse of process application from defence...

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Real IRA plot accused entrapped by MI5 rules judge

18 June 2010 BBC News Court A man accused of smuggling guns for the Real IRA has walked free from court after a judge ruled he had been wrongfully entrapped in an MI5 'sting'. The case against Desmond Kearns, 44, from Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan, collapsed on Friday. He had been charged with attempting to smuggle arms and explosives from Europe in an alleged Real IRA arms operation. But the case was stopped when a judge ruled...

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Arms plot trial ruling adjourned

16 June 2010 Mirror A JUDGE yesterday adjourned a decision on whether MI5 overstepped the mark in an arms plot sting against dissident Republicans. Lawyers for two of three Co Armagh men facing charges arising out of the action against the Real IRA, claim they were "entrapped" and it would be an "abuse of process" to continue with the Belfast Crown Court trial. Diplock judge Mr Justice Hart, trying the case alone, said he hoped...

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Lawyers: gun-running accused 'are victims of MI5 entrapment'

16 June 2010 The Irish News Judgment was reserved yesterday on whether MI5 over-stepped the mark in a two-year sting operation against dissident republicans. Lawyers for two of three Co Armagh men facing charges arising out of the MI5 operation against the Real IRA claim they were "entrapped" and it would be an "abuse of process" to continue with their Belfast Crown Court trial. Diplock judge Mr Justice Hart, trying the month-long...

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Cigs smuggler was 'entrapped by MI5'

15 June 2010 Mirror Lawyer wants case thrown out THE case against one of three men facing charges after an MI5 operation against the Real IRA should be thrown out, his lawyer argued yesterday. Orlando Pownell told judge Mr Justice Hart that it would be an "abuse of process" to continue with the Belfast Crown Court trial of Desmond Paul Kearns, 44, from Lurgan, Co Armagh. The lawyer claimed the cigarette smuggler was "entrapped"...

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

Smuggler 'entrapped' by MI5 argues lawyer

15 June 2010 The Irish News The prosecution case against one of the three Co Armagh men facing charges arising out of an MI5 sting operation against the Real IRA should be thrown out, his lawyer has argued. Defence QC Orlando Pownell told trial judge Mr Justice Hart that it would be an "abuse of process" to continue with the Belfast Crown Court trial of 44-year-old Desmond Paul Kearns from Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan. The London-based...

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

MI5 sting decision adjourned

15 June 2010 UTV News A Belfast judge has adjourned his decision on whether the MI5 branch of the Secret Services over-stepped the mark in a two-year sting operation against dissident Republicans. Lawyers for two of three Co Armagh men facing charges arising out of the MI5 operation against the Real IRA, claim they were "entrapped" and it would be an "abuse of process" to continue with their Belfast Crown Court trial. Diplock...

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

Accused entrapped in MI5 sting operation, court told

Belfast Telegraph 15 June 2010 The prosecution case against one of the three men facing charges arising out of an MI5 sting operation against the Real IRA should be thrown out, a court has heard. Defence QC Orlando Pownall told trial judge Mr Justice Hart it would be an “abuse of process” to continue with the Belfast Crown Court trial of 44-year-old Desmond Paul Kearns, from Tannaghmore Green, Lurga...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Amir, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, Entrapment, MI5, Orlando Pownall, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA

Real IRA Guns accused 'entrapment victim'

BBC News 14 June 2010 A lawyer for one of three County Armagh men charged with gun-running for the Real IRA has said the case should be thrown out because of MI5 entrapment. Orlando Pownell QC argued that it would be an abuse of process to continue with the trial of 44-year-old Desmond Paul Kearns from Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan. The three men deny eight charges between them arising out of a two-year MI5 sting operatio...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Amir, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, Entrapment, MI5, Orlando Pownall, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA

Real IRA accused argues entrapment

14 June 2010 UTV News The prosecution case against one of the three Co Armagh men facing charges after an MI5 sting against the Real IRA, should be dropped, his lawyer argued on Monday. Defence QC Orlando Pownell told trial judge Mr Justice Hart that it would be an "abuse of process" to continue with the Belfast Crown Court trial, of 44-year-old Desmond Paul Kearns from Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan. The top London-based lawyer...

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

MI5 agent says 'role player' was paid £3k

10 June 2010 The Irish News The prosecution case against three Co Armagh men facing charges arising out of an MI5 sting operation against the Real IRA ended yesterday with yet more revelations of the workings of the Secret Service. Among the details given was an admission that undercover operatives, or 'role players' as they were described during the month-long Belfast Crown Court trial, do get paid "bonuses...

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

Undercover MI5 spies 'paid performance bonus'

10 June 2010 Belfast Telegraph Undercover MI5 agents get paid performance bonuses, it has been claimed at the trial of three men facing charges arising from a sting operation against a Real IRA arms smuggling plot. As the prosecution of three Co Armagh men wound up at Belfast Crown Court yesterday, it was revealed that an agent involved in the sting — ‘Amir’ — was paid “performance bonuses” of £1,000 on three occasions. Lurgan...

Continue Reading... Labels: Amir, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Real IRA

IRA said they'd kill me, woman tells court

4 June 2010  Belfast Telegraph Paul Higgins A woman has told a court how she believed the IRA would kill her unless she handed over deeds to a Portuguese restaurant. Theresa Murphy told Belfast Crown Court she and her former partner Owen McNamee had been running the Panda restaurant after it was bought by Crossmaglen man Dermot Declan Gregory (41), also known as Michael Dermo...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Owen McNamee, Panda Restaurant, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA, Teresa Murphy, Therese Murphy

Restaurateur tells court about threat

4 June 2010 The Irish News Two men claiming to be from the IRA ordered a woman to hand over deeds to a Portuguese restaurant or she would "get it," a gun-smuggling trial has heard. Giving evidence at the Belfast Crown Court trial of three Co Armagh men accused of a gun-smuggling plot, Theresa Murphy said she and her former partner Owen McNamee had been running the Panda restaurant after it was bought by one of the defendants,...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Owen McNamee, Panda Restaurant, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA, Teresa Murphy, Therese Murphy

Restaurant owner was threatened by 'IRA men'

4 June 2010 Mirror Paul Higgins Three accused of weapons plot Two men claiming to be IRA members ordered a woman to hand over deeds to a restaurant in Portugal or she'd "get it," a court heard yesterday. Therese Murphy was giving evidence at the Belfast Crown Court trial of three men accused of a gun smuggling plot The witness said she and her ex partner Owen McNamee had run the restaurant after it was bought by defendant,...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Owen McNamee, Panda Restaurant, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA, Teresa Murphy, Therese Murphy

'Speak to the police if you condemn Omagh'

1 June 2010 Belfast Telegraph (Note: Article is included due to Murphy's claim that Dermot Declan Gregory is an MI5 agent and was engaged in an elaborate plot to frame him. See: Colm Murphy Interview - MI5 agent in plot to frame me: dissident) COLM Murphy, the only man ever convicted in connection with the Omagh bomb, should co-operate with the authorities if he condemns the atrocity, relatives of those killed have sai...

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

Omagh accused breaks his silence

1 June 2010 The Irish News Allison Morris The only man ever convicted in relation to the Omagh bombing has broken his silence over the Real IRA atrocity. Leading dissident republican Colm Murphy said the attack in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died "should never have happened". Describing events in Omagh on August 15 1998 as "awful, tragic" he said: "No-one in their right mind would say any differ...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Colm Murphy, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, Entrapment, Informer, MI5, Michael Dermot, Omagh, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA, Teresa Murphy

Colm Murphy Interview - MI5 agent in plot to frame me: dissident

1 June 2010 The Irish News Allison Morris Leading dissident republican Colm Murphy has alleged that a suspected British agent on trial in a MI5 case was engaged in an elaborate plot to frame him. Dermot Declan Gregory (41), also known as Michael Dermot, is standing trial at Belfast Crown Court in a gun-running case in which MI5 witnesses are giving evidence in an Irish court for the first time in decades. Along with John McCaugherty...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Colm Murphy, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, Entrapment, MI5, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA, Teresa Murphy

Accused 'talked of weapons plot'

27 May 2010 Belfast Telegraph AN alleged dissident republican told an undercover MI5 agent that his "friends" had bought a rundown house in the south of France to store guns bound for the Real IRA in Northern Ireland, a court heard yesterday. The agent, known as Ali, told Belfast Crown Court that the disclosure came at a meeting in Belgium with Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, one of three men on trial for a plot to smuggle w...

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

Friends had 'house for RIRA guns'

27 May 2010 Mirror Ivan Little An alleged dissident republican told a secret service agent that "friends" had bought a house in France to store guns bound for the Real IRA, a court heard yesterday. The agent known as "Ali" told Belfast Crown Court the claim came at a meeting in Belgium with Paul Anthony John McCaugherty one of three men accused of smuggling weapons to the country. The witness also said McCaugherty mentioned...

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

Dissident Threat - Trial told of house in France for guns cache

27 May 2010 The Irish News An alleged dissident republican told an undercover MI5 agent that his "friends" had bought a run-down house in the south of France to store guns bound for the Real IRA in Northern Ireland, a trial heard yesterday. The agent, known only as 'Ali', told Belfast Crown Court that the disclosure came during a meeting in Bruges, Belgium, with Paul McCaugherty, one of three men on trial over a plot to smuggle...

Continue Reading... Labels: Ali, 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

Alleged dissident republican ‘discussed weapons plot’

27 May 2010 Belfast Telegraph An alleged dissident republican told an undercover MI5 agent that his “friends” had bought a rundown house in the south of France to store guns bound for the Real IRA in Northern Ireland, a court has heard. The agent, known as Ali, told Belfast Crown Court that the disclosure came at a meeting in Belgium with Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, one of three men on trial for a plot to smuggle weapons. The...

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

Dissident guns 'meant to be stored in France

26 May 2010 BBC News An alleged dissident republican told an undercover secret service agent that his "friends" had bought a rundown house in the south of France. The premises were to be used to store guns bound for the Real IRA in Northern Ireland the agent, known only as "Ali," told Belfast Crown Court. The disclosure came during a meeting with Paul Anthony John McCaugherty in Bruges in Belgiu...

Continue Reading... Labels: Ali, 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

French house intended as RIRA gun store

26 May 2010 UTV News A rundown house in the south of France was to be used to store guns bound for the Real IRA in Northern Ireland, a court has heard. An alleged dissident republican made the claim to an undercover secret service agent in Belgium. The agent - known only as 'Ali' - told Belfast Crown Court about the revelation allegedly made by weapons-plot accused Paul Anthony McCaugherty during a meeting in Bruges. McCaugherty...

Continue Reading... Labels: Ali, 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

Alleged dissident told agent of Omagh responsibility

26 May 2010 The Irish Times An alleged dissident republican told an undercover secret service agent that “his organisation was responsible” for building the Omagh bomb. (Blogger note: Profiles of innocents murdered HERE.  List of some of the over 220 innocent people injured HERE.) Giving evidence at Belfast Crown Court from behind screens the agent, known only as “Ali” claimed that during a conversation about weaponry,...

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

MI5 agent in Omagh bomb claim

25 May 2010 UTV News Giving evidence at Belfast Crown Court from behind screens, the agent - known only as 'Ali' - claimed that during a conversation about weaponry, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, who is 43, told him he was from the Real IRA. He also told him that he had the full support of its leaders to buy weaponry. Ali added: "On mentioning the Real IRA I remembered two incidents, one is the Omagh bomb...

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

Index

Moved to stand-alone page HERE (With apologies for any confusion.  The case is currently (May 2010) underway and the index is being buried as articles are added.)...

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

Secret agent gives Omagh bomb evidence

25 May 2010  UTV News An alleged dissident republican told an undercover secret service agent that "his organisation was responsible" for building the Omagh bomb. Giving evidence at Belfast Crown Court from behind screens, the agent - known only as 'Ali' - claimed that during a conversation about weaponry, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, who is 43, told him he was from the Real IRA. He also told him that he had the full...

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

Second spy in 'dissident arms' trial

25 May 2010 Mirror A second Secret Services agent began giving evidence yesterday in the alleged dissident weapons trial. Three Co Armagh men, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, 43, from Beech Court, Desmond Paul Kearns, 44, from Tannaghmore Green, both Lurgan, and 41-year-old Dermot Declan Gregory aka Michael Dermot Gregory, from Concession Road in Crossmaglen, deny a total of eight charges. Earlier, the first agent, known only...

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

MI5 officer: I didn’t act as agent provocateur

25 May 2010  Belfast Telegraph An undercover MI5 agent involved in a sting against an alleged dissident republican arms smuggling operation has told a court he did not act as an agent provocateur. In his last day in the witness box at Belfast Crown Court, the operative, known only as ‘Amir’, insisted that at all times he was guided by his “moral compass...

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

Agent: No bonus was ever paid

21 May 2010 Mirror Paul Higgins An undercover agent giving evidence against alleged dissident republicans yesterday denied getting paid bonuses. He was giving evidence at the Belfast Crown Court of three Co Armagh men charged in connection with a arms smuggling plot. The agent, known only as Amir, claimed he was paid between £200 and £300 for every day he worked. Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, 43, from Beech Court, 44-year-old...

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

MI5 agent 'doesn't know' why bosses said account full of spin

21 May 2010 The Irish News Barry McCaffrey An MI5 agent at the centre of a Real IRA arms smuggling trial says he has no idea why his bosses raised concerns that his evidence was full of "spin" and was "inaccurate". The agent, codenamed 'Amir', was giving evidence at the trial of three Co Armagh men charged in connection with an alleged Real IRA plot to smuggle guns and explosives from mainland Europe to Northern Ireland in ...

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

Bonus pay allegations are untrue, MI5 agent tells court

21 May 2010 Belfast Telegraph Paul Higgins An undercover Secret Service agent giving evidence against three alleged dissident republicans has denied being paid bonuses. Under cross-examination at Belfast Crown Court, the agent known as ‘Amir' claimed he was paid between £200 and £300 for every day he worked on an operation. He told Orlando Pownall QC that if there was a bonus scheme “they must have forgotten to tell me about...

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

Trial over murder of city man is halted in Algarve

21 May 2010 Belfast Telegraph Clare Weir THE trial of two men accused of murdering a Londonderry businessman in the Algarve has been dramatically halted after a key witness admitted lying over evidence. Paul Houston, who owned Houston Shoes on the Strand Road in Derry, was on a family holiday last September when he was attacked. The 51-year-old father-of-four, was found dead at Alvor in Portugal. He had been enjoying a break...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Donegal, Portugal

Dissident accused refused bail

10 May 2010 UTV News A south Armagh man has appeared in court in Newry on charges related to suspected dissident republican activity. Dermot Declan Gregory, 41, of Concession Road, Crossmaglen has been charged with providing money and property to the value of at least €20,000, knowing or suspecting that they would be used or may be used for the purposes of terrorism. The offences are alleged to have been committed on dates...

Continue Reading... Labels: Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Michael Dermot, Real IRA

MI5 agent claims he was forced into court

12 May 2010 The Irish News An MI5 agent has given evidence in a Belfast court for the first time in more than 20 years. But the Security Services undercover operative giving evidence against three Co Armagh men charged in connection with a so-called dissident IRA international arms smuggling plot, says he is being forced to give evidence. The agent, known only as Amir, claimed police told him he "had been f**ked over" by his...

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

MI5 agent: I am being forced to give evidence

12 May 2010 Belfast Telegraph The Security Services’ undercover operative giving evidence against three Co Armagh men charged in connection with a so-called dissident IRA international arms smuggling plot has claimed he is being forced to give evidence. The operative, known only as Amir, claimed police told him he “had been f****d over” by his “MI5” bosses and that he would have to sign his witness statement and give evidence...

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

Witness had wanted a medal from the queen

12 May 2010 The Irish News The Irish News revealed last October that M15 agent 'Amir' wanted £650,000 and a medal from the queen to give evidence in a Real IRA arms trail. In a letter to MI5, revealed by The Irish News at the time, Amir's solicitor wrote: "I would invite you to agree to pay to my client the sum of £450,000 within 28 days in full and final settlement of his current claims. "Please also confirm that you will agree...

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

Kearns 'frustrated' at slow pace of deal

11 May 2010 Mirror Court hears undercover agent's secret recordings A court heard recordings of secretly taped meetings between an undercover agent and men accused of involvement in a dissident republican arms smuggling plot yesterday. A witness, known only as Amir, was again hidden from everyone in Belfast Crown Court, except for trial judge Mr Justice Hart and prosecution and defence lawyer...

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

Undercover operative 'forced' to give evidence

11 May 2010  UTV News The Security Services undercover operative giving evidence against three Co Armagh men charged in connection with a so-called dissident IRA international arms smuggling plot, has claimed he is being forced to give evidence. The operative, known only as Amir, claimed police told him that he would have to sign his witness statement and give evidence at the men's Belfast Crown Court tria...

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

Witness says accused's friends 'interested' in a weapons deal

11 May 2010 The Irish News For a second day running a security services undercover operative has been giving evidence in the trial of three Co Armagh men charged in connection with a so-called international arms smuggling plot by dissident republicans. The witness, known only as Amir, was again hidden from everyone in Belfast Crown Court, save for Mr Justice Hart and the various prosecution and defence lawyer...

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

Plot suspect on separate charges

11 May 2010 The Irish News One of the defendants in the international arms smuggling trial before Belfast Crown Court also appeared before Newry Magistrates Court yesterday on separate charges related to suspected dissident republican activity. Dermot Declan Gregory (41) of Concession Road, Crossmaglen, was charged with providing money and property to the value of at least EUR20,000, (£17,000) knowing or suspecting that they...

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

Witness says accused's friends 'interested' in a weapons deal

11 May 2010 The Irish News For a second day running a security services undercover operative has been giving evidence in the trial of three Co Armagh men charged in connection with a so-called international arms smuggling plot by dissident republicans. The witness, known only as Amir, was again hidden from everyone in Belfast Crown Court, save for Mr Justice Hart and the various prosecution and defence lawyers. Between them...

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

MI5 trial man on further charges

10 May 2010 BBC News One of three men on trial as a result of an MI5 operation against an alleged Real IRA gun smuggling plot has been remanded in custody on further charges. Dermot Declan Gregory, 42, from Concession Road in Crossmaglen is accused of providing money or property for the purposes of terrorism. The offences are alleged to have taken place between 1 January, 2006 and 7 May, 2007. He is also charged with having...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, MI5, Michael Dermot, Portugal, Real IRA

Dissident arms trial continues

10 May 2010 UTV News The trial of three Co Armagh men charged in connection with a so-called international arms smuggling plot by dissident republicans has again heard evidence from a security services undercover operative. Known only as Amir, the witness was hidden from public view in Belfast Crown Crown - seen only by trial judge Mr Justice Hart, prosecution and defence lawyers. Between them the trio - Paul Anthony John McCaugherty,...

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

MI5 'sting' meetings revealed

10 May 2010 BBC News A court has heard further recordings of conversations between an MI5 operative and a man, alleged to be one of the defendants in an arms smuggling case. The operative, known only as "Amir", was hidden in Belfast Crown Court as he gave more evidence of his role. On trial are Paul McCaughtery, 43, of Beech Court, and Desmond Paul Kearns, 44, Tannaghmore Green, both in Lurgan. Along with Dermot Declan Gregory,...

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

MI5 agent tells court of RIRA arms plot

7 May 2010 The Irish News A security services undercover operative has started to give evidence from behind screens in the trial of three Co Armagh men charged in connection with what has been described as an international arms smuggling plot by dissident republicans. The witness, known only as Amir, was hidden from view from everyone in Belfast Crown Court, except the judge Mr Justice Hart and lawyers. The witness, who spoke...

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

Agent gives evidence in arms plot trial

7 May 2010 The Guardian Owen Bowcott An intelligence agent began giving evidence yesterday against three Northern Irish men accused of involvement in a dissident republican arms-smuggling plot. The man, identified only as "Amir", appeared at Belfast crown court but was partially screened. The undercover operative did not identify his branch of the security services but an earlier hearing was told the operation was part of an...

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

MI5 agent 'Met Real IRA suspect'

7 May 2010 Mirror Jilly Beattie Evidence tells of smuggle plot An MI5 spook started giving evidence yesterday in the trial of three men charged in connection with "an international arms smuggling plot". The witness was hidden from view from everyone in Belfast Crown Court except the judge Mr Justice Hart and lawyers. The witness, referred to as Amir, did not reveal which branch of the security services he was working for but...

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

MI5 agent: I discussed arms deal with accused

7 May 2010 Belfast Telegraph An undercover intelligence agent has started giving evidence from behind screens in the trial of three Co Armagh men in connection with what has been described as an international arms smuggling plot by dissident republicans. The witness, known only as Amir, was hidden from everyone in Belfast Crown Court, except judge Mr Justice Hart and lawyers. The witness, who spoke with an English accent, didn't...

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

Witness gives evidence at 'M15' case

6 May 2010 UTV News An intelligence agent has started to give evidence from behind screens in the trial of three County Armagh men charged in connection with what has been described as an international arms smuggling plot by dissident Republicans. The witness, known only as Amir, was hidden from view from everyone in Belfast Crown Court, except the judge Mr Justice Hart and lawyers. The witness, who spoke with an English accent,...

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

Witness talks at 'MI5 sting' case

6 May 2010 BBC News An intelligence agent has started giving evidence in the trial of three NI men charged in connection with "an international arms smuggling plot". The witness was hidden from view from everyone in Belfast Crown Court, except the judge Mr Justice Hart and lawyer...

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

Trio on trial over gun-smuggling plot

6 May 2010 Newsletter Three Co Armagh men arrested following a two-year operation directed by "role-playing officers from the Security Services" yesterday went on trial in Belfast. While no direct reference was made as to which branch of the "Security Services" was involved, Belfast Crown Court judge Mr Justice Hart was told at an earlier hearing the case involved an MI5 sting operation against the Real IR...

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

MI5 agent first to testify in north in more than 20 years

6 May 2010 The Irish News An MI5 agent will today become the first to give evidence in a Northern Ireland court in more than 20 years when he testifies against three Co Armagh men implicated in a Real IRA gun-smuggling plot. Paul McCaugherty (43), of Beech Court, and Desmond Kearns (44), of Tannaghmore Green, both Lurgan, and Dermot Gregory (41) - also known as Michael Dermot - of Concession Road in Crossmaglen, went on trial...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alison Kearns, Alvor, Amir, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Michael Dermot, Owen McNamee, Panda Restaurant, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA, Teresa Murphy, Therese Murphy

Republican 'told MI5 his group made Omagh bomb'

6 May 2010 The Irish News Barry McCaffrey An alleged Real IRA leader boasted to MI5 that his organisation had built the 1998 Omagh bomb, Belfast Crown Court heard yesterday. However, Lurgan republican Paul McCaugherty - on trial over an alleged arms smuggling plot with two other Co Armagh men - said another dissident group had "screwed it up", leading to the massacre of 29 people including a woman pregnant with twins....

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

Court told of MI5's two-year operation to foil weapons plot

6 May 2010 Belfast Telegraph Three men arrested following a two-year MI5 sting operation have gone on trial in Belfast accused of involvement in an international Real IRA gun smuggling plot. Paul Anthony John McCaugherty (43), from Beech Court, Desmond Paul Kearns (44), from Tannaghmore Green, both in Lurgan, and 41-year-old Dermot Declan Gregory, aka Michael Dermot, from Concession Road in Crossmaglen, deny a total of seven...

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

3 face terror weapons trial after 'spy sting'

6 May 2010 Mirror Trio 'wanted to restart' the Troubles Three men were arrested over an alleged Europe-wide plot to buy weapons after a two-year British secret service sting operation, a court heard yesterday. The suspects are also accused of conspiring to buy cigarettes in a deal stretching to Holland, Portugal and Turkey. Belfast Crown Court heard one of the suspects alleged he made the Omagh bomb and said his organisation...

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

Arms plot accused's group built Omagh bomb, court told

6 May 2010 Belfast Telegraph AN ALLEGED Real IRA member boasted to an undercover MI5 operative that his organisation had built the 1998 Omagh bomb -- but gave it away to "others", a court has heard. Belfast Crown Court heard Lurgan republican Paul McCaugherty, on trial over a suspected arms smuggling plot, told the operative that the device which killed 29 people was given to a separate dissident organisation which had "screwed...

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

MI5 agent gives evidence in Real IRA arms plot trial

6 May 2010 The Guardian Owen Bowcott Man identified only as "Amir" tells of attaching himself to accused man in Luxembourg and offering weapons An intelligence agent began giving evidence today against three Northern Irish men accused of involvement in a dissident republican arms-smuggling plot. The man, identified only as "Amir", appeared at Belfast crown court but was partially screened. The undercover operative, who spoke...

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

Suspected dissidents held over fears of poll terror plot

6 May 2010 Irish Independent Tom Brady FIVE men were in police custody last night after a cross-border clampdown on dissident republicans aimed at preventing a terrorist outrage to coincide with the British general election. The suspects were detained by the PSNI and the gardai following a series of raids by armed officer...

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Arms trial held up as QC is stranded

Volcanic ash flights disruption - Arms trial held up as QC is stranded 5 May 2010 The Irish News A major dissident arms smuggling trial had to be postponed for 24 hours after a leading barrister due to take part in the case was stranded in London by the volcanic ash cloud. Orlando Pownall QC had been due to be present at the opening of the trial of three Co Armagh men charged with a Real IRA gun smuggling plot. However, as the...

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

Golfer beaten to death after offering pair drink

5 May 2010  Mirror Tom Worden Accused 'sorry' for family Two men beat an Irish holidaymaker to death after he offered to buy them a drink, a court heard yesterday.  Diego Dias, 20, and 28-year-old Jones Sousa dos Santos admitted fighting with businessmen Paul Houston, 51, after a night out in the seaside town of Alvor in Portugal.  But the men, both Brazilian, denied murder when they appeared in a court in the...

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Accused 'wanted AK 47s, pistols'

5 May 2010 BBC NEWS: A man charged after an MI5 sting told an undercover operative he needed "explosives, pistols, AK 47s, armour-piercing stuff", a court has heard. Paul McCaugherty of Beech Court, Lurgan was one of three County Armagh men arrested after the two-year operation. The others are Desmond Kearns from Tannaghmore Green, Lurgan, and Dermot Gregory, also known as Michael Dermot, from Concession Road, Crossmaglen. A...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alison Kearns, Alvor, Dermot Declan Gregory, Dermot Gregory, Desmond Kearns, Desmond Paul Kearns, MI5, Michael Dermot, Omagh, Owen McNamee, Panda Restaurant, Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, Paul McCaugherty, Portugal, Real IRA, Teresa Murphy, Therese Murphy

Dissident MI5 op trial starts

05 May 2010 UTV News Three Co Armagh men arrested following a two-year operation directed by "role playing officers from the Security Services" have gone on trial in Belfast. Whilst no direct reference as to which branch of the 'Security Services' was involved, Belfast Crown Court judge Mr Justice Hart was told at an earlier hearing the case involved an MI5 sting operation against the Real IR...

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

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Brief Explanation: Real IRA smuggling operation in Alvor, Portugal

Blogger Note: An explanation may be in order... The reason I have included information about the Real IRA smuggling operation tied to Alvor, Portugal is because Alvor is very close to Praia da Luz, where Madeleine McCann "disappeared". I am in NOT alleging that dissident republicans had anything to do with Madeleine's fate. If anything, in my opinion, it is possible that there may have been British intelligence operations...

Continue Reading... Labels: Alvor, Foreign Office, Madeleine McCann, MI5, MI6, Portugal, Real IRA

Terror chiefs plan vote day bomb strike

2 May 2010  The News of the World Fears were growing that dissident republicans are planning a terror attack in the run up to Thursday's election. Cop checkpoints were increased across Northern Ireland from Friday in a bid by security forces to prevent any bomb attacks. Security sources reckon the thugs behind two recent bombs in Newry and Holywood, Co Down are set to strike with a left-over supply of explosive...

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

Culloville man accused of being an MI5 informer

4 May 2010 The Examiner Brónagh Murphy A Culloville man has been informed by police of a threat to his life amid allegations that he is an MI5 agent. It’s believed the PSNI visited Dermot Declan Gregory, of Concession Road, in recent days to advise him that his life is in danger. Gregory - who is also known as Michael Dermot - is accused, along with Paul McCaugherty and Desmond Kearns from Lurgan, of attempting to procure arms...

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

Threat to "MI5 man" puts trial in doubt

1 May 2010 The Irish News Barry McCaffrey A major dissident arms trial is in jeopardy after one of the accused was warned by police that he is under death threat over claims he is an MI5 agent. South Armagh man Dermot Declan Gregory (41), also known as Michael Dermot, is due to go on trial on Tuesday in connection with a dissident republican attempt to smuggle guns from mainland Europe in 200...

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

IRA terrorists were based in the Algarve

6 Nov 2009 Express Hugo Franco Google Translation (with apologies and request for more accurate translation. Original Article HERE) Two operational Irish kept explosives in a restaurant in Alvor are on trial for murder in Belfast. Panda Grill does not serve pints of Guinness or transmit games between Liverpool and Arsenal in the plasma...

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

Real IRA suspects unmasked

15 March 2009 The Sunday Life Ciaran McGuigan Spotlight falls on accused as cops make arrests over soldier killings Paul Anthony John McCaugherty accused of trying to buy weapons and explosives for real IRA.   This is the man accused of being behind a plot to import tonnes of weapons into Ulster for the Real IRA. Our main picture...

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