'Stakeknife' author 'Martin Ingram' is in the hot seat…

FORMER Force Research Unit officer ‘Martin Ingram’ has agreed to take questions from Slugger readers. Ingram needs no introduction to regulars here. He was co-author of ‘Stakeknife’, the whistleblowing account of British agents in the IRA and their nefarious activities. He now lives in the Republic of Ireland with his wife. Despite once being in an undercover British army intelligence unit that ran agents and informers inside the IRA, Ingram has expressed sympathy with the nationalist aim of a united …

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McGimpsey to challenge Robinson MP…

ANOTHER McGimpsey has entered the poliltical fray. Gareth, son of Michael, has fended off senior Ulster Unionist Dermott Nesbitt’s bid to stand for the Strangford Westminster seat to challenge the DUP’s Iris Robinson. adminA slightly inhuman presence that bans bad comments and works late at night to remove the wrinkles in Slugger’s technical carpet. You will need to know about the comments policy to stay off the fightin’ side of me and there is a bit of background about me …

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Most depressed people ever…

HENRY McDonald and Liam Clarke take a look at the growing trauma industry in post-conflict in Northern Ireland. Henry wonders if the psyhciatrist’s couch has replaced the stiff upper lip, but seems to agree with Liam that what many victims need is simply to know the truth about what happened, in order to deal with it. But then shrinks are cheaper than legal inquiries and lawyers, so lie down and tell me, in single words, only the good thngs that …

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