This is the final episode in a special 4 part series.

In 'A Spy in Exile - Defiant until Death' former British Agent Martin McGartland talks about surviving an attempted IRA assassination whilst under the protection of MI5. The spy known as 'Agent Carol' reveals what life is really like three decades on since being recruited into the ranks of the RUC's Special Branch and fleeing Northern Ireland. Today, McGartland's life isn't about fighting the IRA, but battling the very people who signed him up to work on behalf of the British State. And he vows to continue that battle until the death.

He says: "If there is a place on earth close to hell, I've been there a few times, and I'll be back again".

Background

During the Northern Ireland Troubles, Martin McGartland was one of MI5's most priceless assets. Born into a staunchly republican family in the IRA heartland of west Belfast in the 1970s, the British spy, codenamed Agent Carol, went on to infiltrate one of the most feared and ruthless terror gangs in the world. He stopped shootings, bombings and murders but his fearless undercover activities came at a price. Now living in exile under a secret identity, McGartland gives his most in depth and explosive interview to date. And he reveals how MI5 ended up treating him worse than the IRA who tried to murder him.

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On March 5, 1996 John Fennell - a founding member of the republican paramilitary group the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) - was bludgeoned to death at a caravan park in Ireland.

The 40 year-old's brutal breeze block killing marked the second in a vicious internal feud that would see many others, including a nine year-old schoolgirl, lose their lives just two years before peace was brokered in Troubles-torn Northern Ireland.

In a powerful, raw and open interview, John's widow Deirdre Owens tells his story. Speaking indepth for the first time about losing her partner, and father of her 10 month old twin boys, she reveals how for 26 years she has been quietly fighting for not only justice, but also a proper investigation into his killing.

Despite being stonewalled by both the Irish and British authorities, she vows to continue to uncover the truth around his murder, even if it means doing it on her own. And she explains why she believes there was British State involvement in his death.

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This is Episode Three in a special four part series.

During the Northern Ireland Troubles, Martin McGartland was one of MI5's most priceless assets. Born into a staunchly republican family in the IRA heartland of west Belfast in the 1970s, the British spy, codenamed Agent Carol, went on to infiltrate one of the most feared and ruthless terror gangs in the world. He stopped shootings, bombings and murders but his fearless undercover activities came at a price. Now living in exile under a secret identity, McGartland gives his most in depth and explosive interview to date. And he reveals how MI5 ended up treating him worse than the IRA who tried to murder him - twice.

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This is the second espisode in a special four part series.

During the Northern Ireland Troubles, Martin McGartland was one of MI5's most priceless assets. 

Born into a staunchly republican family in the IRA heartland of west Belfast in the 1970s, the British spy, codenamed Agent Carol, went on to infiltrate one of the most feared and ruthless terror gangs in the world.

He stopped shootings, bombings and murders but his fearless undercover activities came at a price.

Now living in exile under a secret identity, McGartland gives his most indepth and explosive interview to date. And he reveals how MI5 ended up treating him worse than the IRA who tried to murder him - twice.

In this episode, McGartland talks about his double life, being involved in the IRA murder of a British soldier on leave from his London regiment to visit the Belfast woman he planned to marry. He also talks about foiling what would have been one of the IRA's biggest massacres in its history and how it almost cost him his life.

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During the Northern Ireland Troubles, Martin McGartland was one of MI5's most priceless assets. 

Born into a staunchly republican family in the IRA heartland of west Belfast in the 1970s, the British spy, codenamed Agent Carol, went on to infiltrate one of the most feared and ruthless terror gangs in the world.

He stopped shootings, bombings and murders but his fearless undercover activities came at a price.

Now living in exile under a secret identity, McGartland gives his most indepth and explosive interview to date. And he reveals how MI5 ended up treating him worse than the IRA who tried to murder him - twice.

This is the first espisode in a special four part series. McGartland talks about his childhood, how his 12 year-old sister was recruited into the ranks of the IRA and describes how a hatred for terrorism saw him groomed by the British security services. 

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At 16 years-old he joined the Provisional IRA. By the age of 18, he'd carried out murder.

Prominent Belfast-born republican Anthony McIntyre talks candidly about his life before and after joining the Irish Republican Army. From picking up a machine gun at the age of 14, to prison, the Blanket Protests and hungerstrikes, McIntyre speaks rawly about his own journey through the republican movement and overcoming the bigotry that consumed him during the dark period known as The Troubles.

Now aged 64 and living outside of Northern Ireland, he reflects on the past and the ongoing Boston College tapes controversy that's now synonymous with his name.

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He was one of the UK's most ruthless terrorists.

Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair was so dangerous, the British authorities brought in a law to jail him for life. Now in 2022, over 20 years since he was released from prison, Adair talks about his paramilitary past, attempts on his life, fleeing Northern Ireland and his continued support for peace - but at what cost?

The convicted director of terrorism also gives his views on allegations of collusion within his own paramafia organization, the instability surrounding Brexit and Northern Ireland protocol; the current threat paramilitaries pose to peace and why he believes a truth commission would only the further hurt many victims of the Troubles. This interview was orginally recorded for YouTube.

Hit link to view: https://youtu.be/qbWS7zcdXuU

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Former undercover police officer turned crime author Stephen Bentley reveals the unknown details of one of the most audacious covert cop operations in UK history.

Operation George saw British police officers form a fake organized crime gang that duped loyalist terror killer Jim Fulton into confessing to a litany of crimes, including the sectarian murder of an innocent grandmother.

The former police officer also talks about his time working on one of the biggest undercover police operations to have taken place on British soil. Operation Julie saw a young Bentley infiltrate a Welsh LSD drugs gang during the 1970s, smashing two drug production and distribution centres, and the jailing of over 15 people for 120 years.

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It was a tragedy that shocked Ireland, and beyond.

The bodies of three children, aged just 9, 7 and three years-old, were discovered at their Dublin home.

Conor, Darragh and Carla McGinley lost their lives to homicide - their mother Deirdre Morley, a paediatric nurse, was arrested on suspicion of their murders.

In May 2021, the 44 year-old was found not guilty of their murders by reason of insanity. 

Her trial, which revealed the horrific details of how she took her children's lives, raised serious questions over the care and treatment of psychiatric patients in the country.

Deirdre's husband Andrew publicly said he believed their children would still be alive today had mental health services involved him in her care.

In a powerful, open and emotional conversation with The No Edit podcast, Andrew McGinley talks about his unimaginable loss, his ongoing battle with grief and the legacy he hopes to create for his children.

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