The RUC intercepted the two couriers delivering the guns to be used to shoot the soldiers and McGartland was exposed as an infiltrator. Furthermore, it recommends that key roles in that fresh investigation should be filled by persons not connected to NP (Northumbria police). [13] He was also recruited by an IRA Active Service Unit (ASU) which was headed by a man known as Spud. He was later given almost 100,000 to set up . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Between 1979 and 1988, he was also an informant for the Garda Sochnas Special Branch. Request to Independent Office for Police Conduct by Martin McGartland (Account suspended). They were subsequently released without charge. As of September 2008, no one was ever charged with the shooting. He joined the Irish Republican Army in the mid-1960s while still in his teens, well before the start of the Troubles. However, Marty's security was to be short-lived. Martin McGartland went undercover for the Royal Ulster Constabulary in a bid to undermine the Belfast IRA in the 1980s. "[44], May's department the Home Office oversees MI5 and she herself had signed the application in a court case brought by McGartland and his partner, both of whom are obliged to live under secret identities that were provided by MI5. In May 2005, Minister McDowell advised a US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland that he believed the outing of Donaldson as an informant was a clear message from the British Government that it had another, more valuable, source of information within the republican leadership. He was later shot six times by an IRA gunman, but recovered from the injuries. [citation needed] He claimed to have been in regular contact with its leaders, Gerry Adams (now TD for Louth) and Martin McGuinness (now deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland). Martin survived a second IRA assassination attempt in 1999 after he was shot six times, . Raymond Gilmour (born 1959) is a former Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who worked clandestinely from 1977 until 1982 for the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) within those paramilitary organisations. OCallaghan served his sentence in prisons in Northern Ireland and England and foiled several planned escapes by imprisoned IRA members. Gilmour was sent on remand to Crumlin Road Prison. For more than four years, Martin McGartland lived a double-life. Martin was kidnapped by the IRA in 1991 and escaped by jumping from a third floor window. [1] According to his former friend, Jim Gibney, writing in the Irish News, he was a local hero in Short Strand in 1970 because he took part in the gun battle between Ulster loyalists and Irish nationalists at St. Matthews Chapel (see Battle of Saint Matthews). [27], Three years after moving to England, the IRA sent his mother a Catholic mass card with McGartlands name written on it. Martin McGartland survived a shooting in Whitley Bay on Tyneside in 1999, and was given a new identity afterwards. [13], A few weeks later, OCallaghan made contact with Kerry IRA leader Martin Ferris and attended his first IRA meeting since 1975. [14] He convinced his IRA associates that he was a committed member of the organisation and he successfully led a double life, which was kept secret even from the mother of his two sons. "I'm still with my partner. Annotated by S Rhosier (Account suspended) on 29 August 2020 . [12], Holding the rank of lieutenant in the IRA Belfast Intelligence unit, he ended up working mainly for Davy Adams, whom he drove to meetings and to survey potential IRA targets. To the British Government, however, he was known only as 'Agent Carol'. How can any police force in the country know it was or was not so soon? [19] Although the RUC repeatedly offered him witness protection as part of the supergrass policy, OCallaghan refused to accept. Believing that he would be helping to combat British imperialism, OCallaghan volunteered for the newly founded Provisional IRA at the age of 16. They are never ever going to stop targeting people like me. [15] He also worked closely with Belfast actress Rosena Brown, a prominent and highly skilled IRA intelligence officer. He cites a number of allegations against Scappaticci. Samhan was nevertheless found guilty of robbery on 6 September 2006.[22][23]. The scale of the pay-out for which he is liable is to be assessed at a later stage, See Is time running out for Freddie Scappaticci. "I still regard Whitley Bay and the Newcastle area as my home.". Martin Galvin, a Bronx-based Irish-American attorney and future dissident republican, later claimed that he had warned the republican movements leadership that he suspected Donaldson of being a British government informer.[3]. Police activity in Whitley Bay after Martin McGartland was shot (Image: Press Association). Their methods were not met with approval by all residents. You can never ever shut it off. [17] At the time Prince Charles and Princess Diana were due to attend a benefit concert featuring Duran Duran and Dire Straits among other performers. In 1969, violent attacks were perpetrated against civil rights organizers and many other Catholics by unionists. Belfast-born Marty infiltrated the IRA during the height of the Troubles in the 1980s for the British Secret Service. Over the following two years, he was involved in many IRA operations, mostly as a getaway driver. [7], On 31 January 2014, the Belfast High Court ruled that Fulton had to pay damages to Eilish Morley, the mother of IPLO member Eoin Morley, shot dead at age 23 by the Provisional IRA (PIRA). [32][33] It was reported that he was relocated immediately, protected by 12 armed officers and given a specially armored car. His ex-wife, Margaret Keeley, filed a lawsuit in early 2014 for full access to documents relating to her ex-husband. Martin McGartland, whose exploits as a spy within the IRA were made into a feature film, blames "years of neglect" by MI5 for leaving him traumatised and unable to work because of his secret life . You will receive an email alert if one or more of the authors you're following has a new release. [4], In 1976, aged 21, OCallaghan resigned from the Provisional IRA, and moved to London. Menu. Here he took on a new identity and became known as Martin Ashe. His identity became publicly known after a minor court case. [8], McGartland has said that because he was sickened by increasing Provisional IRA violence directed at young Catholic petty lawbreakers in the form of punishment beatings (often carried out with iron bars and baseball bats) and knee-cappings, in 1986 at the age of 16 he agreed to provide information to the RUC about local IRA members, thereby preventing them from carrying out many attacks against the security forces. The . He said he was, entirely unworthy of belief a selfish and self-regarding man, to whose lips a lie comes more naturally than the truth.[14]. [3] The title indicates the number of lives he considers he saved through his activities. He earned the money being a professional Writer. Police at the scene in Whitley Bay, Tyneside, where Martin McGartland was shot in 1999. In the early 2000s, Donaldson was appointed Sinn Fins Northern Ireland Assembly group administrator in Parliament Buildings. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. [12] McGartland has said that his relatives have received harassment from Republicans;[12] in 1996, his brother Joe was subjected to a severe and prolonged IRA punishment beating with baseball bats, iron bars and a wooden plank embedded with nails. When he was 16, he was again in trouble with the authorities, this time for armed robbery. Via the ISU, Scappaticci played a key role in investigating suspected informers, conducting inquiries into operations suspected of being compromised, debriefing of IRA volunteers released from Royal Ulster Constabulary and British Army questioning, and vetting of potential IRA recruits. The Crown authorities advised in the same letter that he take up the offer of a new identity. This effectively made the IRA a police force in some areas. There may come a time when their patience runs out. The ISU has also been referred to as the Nutting Squad. They were great blokes. He made friends around Whitley Bay and began dating the woman who remains his partner. "I virtually lived in a makeshift cell for six months," he explained. [40] McGartland criticised the police for inadequate protection but offered to testify on their behalf, saying: There are people who have been the victims of terrorist attacks, whove lost loved ones, and some of them havent been compensated. Henry McDonald Guardian 16 Feb 2012. [43] In August 2006 Ian Paisley told Peter Hain, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, We have also heard how the sister of IRA informer Martin McGartland was told by police that her safety was under threat. In 1999, he published an autobiography entitled The Informer: The True Life Story of One Mans War On Terrorism. The spy, Martin McGartland, of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was recruited by the Special Branch of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the mid-1980s. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. I know that that organization will go on murdering other people until they are finally defeated. Martin McGartland, who infiltrated the IRA, claims security services compromised his safety and failed to provide care for post-traumatic stress disorder. Northumbria Police continue to cover-up Martin's attempted murder. He has written two books; Fifty Dead Men Walking and Dead Man Running. Browse Martin McGartland's best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. [15] In 1998, he published a book, Dead Ground (ISBN 0-7515-2621-5), telling of his experiences. Marty settled into his new life on Tyneside, making a living by renovating properties. [8] His right hand was also badly damaged by gunshot. If I was leaving the house and going to a place of work at the same time everyday I would be a sitting duck. My autobiography: A Belfast Child is now available to pre-order on Amazon , launch date is 30th April. Instead his case would be heard by a Special Advocate. And this was done as part of a secret deal between police, security service and government as a result of the Good Friday peace agreement.. Martin Marty McGartland (born 30 January 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland)[1] is a former British agent who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)[2] in 1989 to pass information to RUC Special Branch. ", Martin McGartland and police activity in Whitley Bay at the time of the shooting, 17/06/1999 (centre, bottom). [20], A taxi driver and republican sympathizer, Noel Thompson, who picked Harrison up at Belfast airport and informed the IRA was later jailed for 12 years for conspiracy to murder. See undercover cop discuss Blue Monkey raid as documentary into notorious nightclubs is released, "He was an absolute legend" - Moving tributes paid to founder of Flip vintage store in Newcastle. This enabled him to better identify suspects who had been targeted by RUC Special Branch. [2] He was also given a beating by British soldiers at age 13 for petty crime and they attempted to recruit him as an informer. The ex-spy insisted this line was covered up and obscured by false, malicious lies by senior figures in the security and political establishment to conceal the IRAs role at a delicate stage in the peace process. Martin 'Marty' McGartland (AKA Agent Carol) was born in Belfast on 30th January 1970. "Paranoia is my best friend and my worst enemy. Home office, MI5 and HMG using and abusing secret courts to cover-up their own dirty deeds, crimes and wrongdoing", "Is 'Fifty Dead Men Walking' really based on truth?". This was confirmed by Donaldson in a statement which he read out on RT, the Irish state broadcaster, shortly afterwards. [40][41], After the 1994 ceasefire, McGartland appealed to be allowed to return home to West Belfast. I did a service for the British Government, I infiltrated the organisation but when I left . Martin McGartland, Writer: Fifty Dead Men Walking. [17] He discovered how IRA sympathizers had infiltrated various public institutions and businesses, and many members acquired computer skills, thereby enabling the IRA to gain access to detailed information on a wide range of people in Northern Ireland including politicians, lawyers, judges, members of the security forces, Ulster loyalist paramilitaries, and prison officers. introducing citations to additional sources, "Dark world of agents is not black and white", "Informer fights for his life after shooting", "Trimble calls for review of IRA ceasefire", "Northern Ireland Grand Committee, 24 June 1999", "Martin McGartland v Associated Newspapers Ltd", "Six TV shows on him, two books and a Hollywood filmbut still they won't admit Martin McGartland was a spy", "Theresa May's Security Blanket in the Martin McGartland Case. [11] McGartland was given the code name Agent Carol by the RUC. Scappaticci appears to give intimate details of the modus operandi of the IRAs Northern Command, indicated some of his previous involvement in the organisation and alleges, amongst other things, that Martin McGuinness was involved in the death of Frank Hegarty an IRA volunteer who had been killed as an informer by the IRA in 1986. [28], In 1997, his identity was revealed publicly by the Northumbria Police in court when he was caught breaking the speed limit and subsequently prosecuted for holding driving licences in different names, which he explained as a means of avoiding IRA detection. Martin was kidnapped by the IRA in 1991 and escaped by jumping from a third floor window. He recounted in his book Fifty Dead Men Walking that he occasionally drove IRA punishment squads around and overheard them boast about the beatings they had meted out to their victims. In Tralees Roman Catholic cemetery, OCallaghan expressed his intention to subvert the IRA from within. [16], Gilmours former RUC handler advised him not to return, citing the 2006 murder in Glenties, County Donegal, of Denis Donaldson, a high-ranking Sinn Fin politician and activist who was revealed to have been a long-term informer.[17]. These psychos were obviously baying for blood Mod blood, to be exact. In 1999 McGartland was shot six times by two gunmen outside his home in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. On remand in Crumlin Road Prison, he was severely beaten by IRA prisoners. [34], In 2000, Lord Vivian asked in the House of Lords whether the government intended to remove police protection from McGartland and was told by Lord Bassam of Brighton that Individual protection arrangements are a matter for the chief constable of the police force concerned and are not discussed for security reasons.[35], The day after he was shot, the incident, along with the murders of Eamon Collins, Brendan Fegan, and Paul Downey, was cited by Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble in an interview with reporters in Belfast, to question whether the IRA ceasefire was being maintained. It was initially believed that the Provisional IRA were responsible for his killing although the Real IRA claimed responsibility for his murder almost three years later. Former IRA man turned double agent Martin McGartland said the British government had already been protecting terrorists and security service members accused of murder from prosecution since the 1990s. Fultons real name is purportedly Peter Keeley, a Catholic from Newry, who joined the Royal Irish Rangers at the age of 18. When he asked Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams, when he would be able to, he was informed that it was a matter between him and the IRA. [20] A taxi driver and republican sympathiser, Noel Thompson, who picked Harrison up at Belfast airport and informed the IRA was later jailed for 12 years for conspiracy to murder.[21]. This should be underpinned by a public statement that the original shooting was most likely associated with Mr McGartlands background within the IRA and having acted as an agent of the security services within the republican areas of Belfast and was carried out by a paramilitary active service unit.. Yours sincerely, James Cooper James Cooper. [1] His parents were reportedly split over the issue of political violence. His identity became publicly known after a minor court case. Martin McGartland joins the I.R.A. Henry McDonald. [18] A warning was phoned in and royal correspondent, James Whitaker noted later that the early departure of the Royal couple had seemed rude at the time. Martin McGartland (born 30 January 1970) is a former British informer who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1989 to pass information to RUC Special Branch. [21], In that same year 1991, McGartland provided information about a mass shooting attack planned on Charlie Heggarty's pub in Bangor, County Down, patronised by British soldiers after a general football match between the prison wardens. In 1981 he was arrested by French authorities at Orly airport, along with fellow IRA volunteer, William Blue Kelly. [7] Ingram paints Scappaticci at this time as the crown jewels, (the best) agent handled by the FRU. Martin 'Marty' McGartland was a British Agent inside the IRA . . In addition to calling for a fresh investigation into the 1999 attack on McGartland, the review suggests that NP (Northumbria police) to consider external force to progress investigation in its entirety. [10], According to McGartland's autobiography, he later infiltrated the IRA in autumn 1989, having been asked to join by Davy Adams, a leading IRA member and a nephew of Sinn Fin leader Gerry Adams. [15] He also worked closely with Belfast actress Rosena Brown, a prominent and highly skilled IRA intelligence officer. I'm not complaining. He is believed to be in London, where he is suing the Crown, claiming his British military handlers cut off their connections and financial aid to him. It was relatively easy for me to foil these attempts; an occasional Garda car or roadblock at the wrong time; the routine arrest of Ferris or myself; or simple bad planning, such as a car arriving late a whole series of random stratagems.[15], Then, during the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison, OCallaghan attempted to start his own hunger strike in support of the Maze prisoners but was told to desist by the IRA for fear it would detract focus from the prisoners. [8] In response, OCallaghan decided to become an informer. Cinematography by: Jonathan Freeman. Because he is unable to claim State benefits due to security reasons MI5 had previously helped him financially; however this assistance was withdrawn after he gave an interview to the Belfast Telegraph. In the days, weeks and months after McGartland was shot and seriously wounded, both Northumbria police and the then Labour government refused to confirm that the IRA was responsible. McGartland disavowed the film, stating, "The film is as near to the truth as Earth is to Pluto."[47]. In April 2004, Stevens signalled that he intended to question Scappaticci as part of the third Stevens inquiry. [5], After the original allegations broke in 2003, Scappaticci, by now living in the Riverdale area of West Belfast, claimed his involvement with the IRA ended in 1990 due to his wifes illness. It's a scandal. McGartland - whose first best-selling book, Fifty Dead Men Walking, tells the remarkable true story of how he infiltrated the IRA and saved more than 50 people from certain death. "The fact that I'm still getting death threats goes to show how much of a target I still am to the IRA," he said. The couple had two young daughters at the time of the arrest. Prijavite se korisnikim raunom. Martin 'Marty' McGartland was a British Agent inside the IRA . Freddie Scapatticci British Agent License to Kill, Scappaticci was born around 1946 and grew up in the Markets area of Belfast, the son of Daniel Scappaticci, an Italian immigrant to the city in the 1920s. When he was exposed as an agent in 1991 he was abducted by the IRA, but escaped and was resettled in In April 2011, two arrests were made in County Donegal by the Garda Special Detective Unit in connection with the murder a 69-year-old man and a 31-year-old man. When he was exposed as an informer in 1991 he was abducted by the IRA, but escaped and was resettled in England. [30], Journalist Kevin Myers praised McGartlands heroism and the Sunday Express newspaper described him as a real-life James Bond. [8] Gilmour claims that he helped to foil many other IRA attacks, saving the lives of numerous police and soldiers. Several months later, he joined the INLA. And Marty has revealed how his partner, who is from the Tyneside seaside town, has remained devoted to him and helped him through the darkest days of his recovery. Martin McGartland is the author of Fifty Dead Men Walking (4.16 avg rating, 1649 ratings, 89 reviews, published 1997), Dead Man Running (3.77 avg rating,. On the wider implications of the reports findings, McGartland added: The Northumbria police knew the IRA had been behind my shooting, that they acted in consort with MI5, the Home Office and the then Blair Labour government (and subsequent governments) covered it up to protect not only the IRA as an organisation but the individual IRA members who tried to murder me. For the first time in my life I felt safe.". Martin was shot 6 times by the IRA in June 1999. Flanagan, a Catholic, was regarded as a traitor by both the IRA and many local residents. Martin McGartland - Fifty Dead Men Walking - The Motion Picture & Television Technical Database . The title was chosen because Mr McGartland, 29, believed that he was saving 50 lives by informing on his IRA comrades. Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test by Marlene Zuk (isbn:9781324064404) for $43 - Compare prices of 336289 products in Books from 511 Online Stores in Australia. [25], McGartland moved to the northeast coast of England, receiving nearly 100,000 (220,200 today) to buy a house and establish a new life in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, going by the name Martin Ashe. However, OCallaghan had already briefed his handlers on the shipment. One of the crewmembers, John MacIntyre, agreed to wear a wire on meeting Bulger, Weeks, and Nee. [18], Although McGartland prevented the IRA from carrying out many spectaculars, including the planned bombing of two lorries transporting British soldiers from Stranraer to Larne that could have resulted in the loss of over a dozen lives,[19] his reported greatest regret was his failure in June 1991 to save the life of 21-year-old Private Tony Harrison. [3] The title indicates the number of lives he considers he saved through his activities. However, the IRA gunman got more than he bargained for - once again Martin McGartland showed incredible courage by hurling himself at the terrorist even as the 9mm bullets were smashing into his body. McGartland told the Guardian that this finding in particular proved that from the outset officers in Northumbria police knew that the IRA was behind the shooting. This was after being recommended by a childhood friend, Harry Fitzsimmons, part of an IRA bomb team, whom McGartland often drove around Belfast. In 1993 Scappaticci approached the ITV programme The Cook Report and agreed to an interview on his activities in the IRA and the alleged role of Martin McGuinness in the organisation. At the 1983 general election, Donaldson was the Sinn Fin candidate in Belfast East. Marty's cover was blown in 1991 when he tipped off police about a planned attack on a pub in Bangor . In his memoirs, OCallaghan wrote that, although some individual UDR soldiers had had links to loyalist paramilitary gangs, he subsequently learned that Private Martin was not one of them. Under the supergrass scheme, his was the only evidence available against them. McGartland had a special tracking device attached to his car. On 16 December 2005, Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams announced to a press conference in Dublin that Donaldson had been a spy in the pay of British intelligence. McGartland has always alleged that this line of inquiry was invented and fed to media sources by either MI5 or elements of the Blair government to deflect from the IRAs role in the botched assassination. 12 year old Cathy McGartland - IRA Child Soldier War Crime. Detective Superintendent Chris Symonds of Northumbria Police told a news conference in Belfast that a DNA sample taken from the scene could link "a presently unidentified person" to the plot to kill the . It was Martins husband who found her body on a shattered staircase inside the base. Explore Martin McGartland Wiki Age, Height, Biography as Wikipedia, Wife, Family relation. He chose the INLA over the IRA as a number of his friends were already in the organisation. During his time as a Special Branch intelligence agent, he became close to senior IRA members, having daily contact with those responsible for organising and perpetrating the shooting attacks and bombings throughout Northern Ireland. 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