Spying in the Troubles: the murky world of double agents in Northern Ireland

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4.3 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The Troubles in Northern Ireland was a difficult, bloody period, which lasted for almost 30 years. During that time, the British secret services ran an extensive intelligence operation to infiltrate the IRA, the details of which are only now coming to light. Speaking to David Musgrove, Henry Hemming discusses what he uncovered about this secret web of spies, agents and double agents for his new book Four Shots in the Night. (Ad) Henry Hemming is the author of Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland (Quercus, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Shots-Night-Henry-Hemming/dp/1529426758/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.0	It's now over a quarter of a century since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998
1:07.0	ended most of the violence of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
1:11.0	And 26 years on, more information is coming to light that helps us to
1:16.4	study the history of the conflict, and particularly the role of the Intelligence Services. Henry Hemming has written a new book,
1:24.8	Four Shots in the Night, which examines this topic in more depth, and he spoke to David Musgrove.
1:30.6	I'm delighted that we have got Henry Hemming on the podcast he's written a new book
1:36.5	which is four shots in the night and the book centers around the story of a man
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