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The Informer (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Informer (Paperback, New Ed)
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List price R403
Loot Price R328
Discovery Miles 3 280
You Save R75 (19%)
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In 1988 IRA terrorist Sean O'Callaghan walked into a Tunbridge
Wells police station and gave himself up. Two years later, in a
Belfast courtroom, he pleaded guilty to all charges of which he was
accused and received a sentence of 539 years. Since being a
teenager he had been an active member of the IRA and had risen to
be the head of their Southern Command. He was responsible for two
murders and many terrorist attacks. He was a linchpin of the
organization. But in 1996, he was released from prison by royal
prerogative. For fourteen years he had been the most highly placed
informer within the IRA and had fed the Irish Garda with countless
pieces of invaluable information. He prevented the assassination of
the Prince and Princess of Wales at a London theatre, he sabotaged
operations, explained strategy and caused the arrests of many IRA
members. He has done more than any individual to unlock the code of
silence that governs the IRA's members, and has in effect made it
possible to fight the war against the terrorists. Under constant
threat of IRA revenge, he now works ceaselessly for peace in
Ireland. As he says, 'I hope to use the time available to me now to
tell the truth about the IRA. I will go on doing that for as long
as it takes. The Informer is Sean O'Callaghan's story. It is the
story of a courageous life lived under the constant threat of
discovery and its fatal consequences. It is the story of a very
modern hero, who is not without sin but who has done and is
continuing to do everything in his power, and at whatever personal
cost, to atone for the past.
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