{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/698da82a5a0d566e5b781231?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"IRA Mole Reveled: Taoiseach Names Freddie Scappaticci as Mole - 12/02/2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/1770889254771-331200d4-416a-4157-8570-4bbaa0e5cb7b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Taoiseach Micheál Martin has named Freddie Scappaticci in the Dáil as the former British army agent referred to as ‘Stakeknife’.</p><p><br></p><p>Martin said that Stakeknife’s identity is “clear to everybody”.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>He further said that Scappaticci was implicated in “grotesque and serious crimes committed for and with the Provisional IRA”.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Martin said this included 14 murders and 15 abductions.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Scappaticci was from West Belfast and died in 2023. He has never been identified by the British Government due to their policy of ‘Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ regarding intelligence practices.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We were joined on The Agenda by Reporter at The Journal, Eimer McCauley, who told us more about this.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}