IRA Mole Reveled: Taoiseach Names Freddie Scappaticci as Mole - 12/02/2026
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has named Freddie Scappaticci in the Dáil as the former British army agent referred to as ‘Stakeknife’.Martin said that Stakeknife’s identity is “clear to everybody”. He further said that Scappaticci was implicated in “grotesque and serious crimes committed for and with the Provisional IRA”. Martin said this included 14 murders and 15 abductions. Scappaticci was from West Belfast and died in 2023. He has never been identified by the British Government due to their policy of ‘Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ regarding intelligence practices. We were joined on The Agenda by…
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