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Boutcher: ‘Legal battlefield’ leads to different approach to legacy prosecutions

The “legal battlefield” around legacy has led to a different approach being taken to prosecuting historical cases in Northern Ireland, Jon Boutcher has told MPs. Explaining the lack of prosecutions arising from the Kenova interim report, the PSNI ...

23 Apr 2024 at 15:56

Local News

Concern after late disclosure of MI5 material to Operation Kenova

Concern has been raised following the late disclosure of material by MI5 with potentially new investigative leads to a major probe into an Army agent. It comes after the discontinuation of court cases pertaining to Northern Ireland’s troubled ...

07 Aug 2024 at 19:49

Late disclosure of MI5 material to Operation Kenova ‘unacceptable’: PSNI chief

Northern Ireland

Concern after late disclosure of MI5 material to Operation Kenova

The PSNI chief constable has said it is “unacceptable” that MI5 has provided material about an agent operating within the IRA to an investigation team so late. The chief of the Operation Kenova probe said it appeared the files contain ...

07 Aug 2024 at 20:48

Northern Ireland

Findings of report into agent Stakeknife due to be published

A major report into the Army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles will be published later. The interim findings of Operation Kenova will be revealed after an investigation lasting seven years and costing approximately ...

08 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

More Troubles lives ‘probably’ lost than saved in Stakeknife operation

More lives were probably lost than saved through the British Army’s operation of its top agent inside the IRA’s internal security unit during the Troubles, a major independent investigation has found. The interim findings of ...

08 Mar 2024 at 12:03

Northern Ireland

MI5 files not deliberately withheld from Stakeknife probe, review concludes

MI5 files were not deliberately withheld from an investigation into the IRA agent known as Stakeknife, a review has found. The review was carried out following discovery of the material last year, after the investigative ...

17 Apr 2025 at 13:55

Northern Ireland

Failure to name Stakeknife ‘slightly ludicrous’, Justice Minister says

The Government’s refusal to name IRA spy Stakeknife is “slightly ludicrous”, Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister has said. Naomi Long said families of Troubles victims needed transparency, and that the Neither Confirm ...

09 Dec 2025 at 15:57

National News

Late release of MI5 Stakeknife files a ‘significant failure’, report says

MI5’s initial failure to disclose all it knew about the Army’s top spy in the Provisional IRA during the Troubles was a “significant failure”, an independent report into the activities of Stakeknife has said. The ...

09 Dec 2025 at 18:08

Northern Ireland

Security guarantees needed before Stakeknife is named – Burghart

Guarantees would be needed that the naming of the Army’s top spy in the IRA during the Troubles would not impact on current security operations, the shadow Northern Ireland Secretary has said. However, Alex ...

10 Dec 2025 at 09:54

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