Irish police colluded with IRA during Troubles, says former IRA member

Book by former director of intelligence for republican movement Kieran Conway reveals full extent of IRA contacts at the time

Rogue Irish police officers colluded with the IRA throughout the Troubles, even helping to prevent its entire army council from being arrested during a critical temporary ceasefire, a former director of intelligence for the republican movement has claimed.

IRA leaders received a tip off from high up within the Garda Síochána that the force’s Special Branch was about to arrest its ruling command while it was at a secret location for talks with Protestant clergymen in 1974.

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