{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/68b711d47450e0cb41061da9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"IRA Stormont Spy Ring: What secret files reveal about Denis Donaldson and the Stormont crisis ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1756828027974-5703ecc7-4a25-40df-960b-b1fefa8c6a7f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>When an IRA Stormont spy ring was alleged in 2002, devolution quickly plunged into crisis. A PSNI raid on Sinn Féin's Stormont offices discovered a map of castle buildings with instructions on bypassing security, and intelligence on the prison service, including personal details of prison officers.&nbsp;But in 2004, Denis Donaldson – the most senior republican arrested during the raids – admitted he had been a British agent all along. Months later he was murdered in Donegal.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland Editor Sam McBride has been back in the archives and has unearthed fresh details on the Stormont spy ring scandal, he joins Ciarán Dunbar.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}