How spy Dennis McFadden and MI5 controlled a human rights group fronted by Gerry Conlon

More revelations have emerged regarding how MI5 agent Dennis McFadden managed to decimate dissident republicanism. A human rights group founded by McFadden was an intelligence ruse and he encouraged republicans to visit New IRA founder Tony Catney on his deathbed - they fear he bugged those conversations. Ciaran Barnes, Chief Reporter with the Sunday Life, talks to Ciarán Dunbar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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