The ‘Unforgivable’?: Irish Republican Army (IRA) informers and dealing with Northern Ireland conflict legacy, 1969-2021

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The case of Northern Ireland and ex-IRA informers demonstrates the difficulty dealing with informer legacy post-conflict. We explain why Sinn Féin UK state have dealt some conflict cases involving but not others. Contemporary political reputational reasons are an important explanation, there also legal considerations communal pressures at play. Divisions amongst alleged self-confessed further facilitate this unstructured approach to legacy. These difficulties informers’ unique Ireland. Similar challenges in reconciling former agents paramilitaries evident across other conflicts.

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عنوان ژورنال: Intelligence and national security

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['0268-4527', '1743-9019']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2022.2104000