Martin McGuinness
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 6 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 23,1950 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Bogside |
| Date of died | March 21,2017 |
| Died | Altnagelvin Area Hospital |
| Buried | Derry City Cemetery, Derry, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Bernadette Canning |
| Siblings | Paul McGuinness |
| Tom McGuinness | |
| Height | 183 (cm) |
| Full name | James Martin Pacelli McGuinness |
| Children | Fionnuala McGuinness |
| Fiachra McGuinness | |
| Grainne McGuinness | |
| Emmet McGuinness | |
| Party | Sinn Féin |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 406984 |
Martin McGuinness Life story
James Martin Pacelli McGuinness was an Irish republican politician and statesman for Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army during The Troubles. McGuinness was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to January 2017.
Oxford split over Kathleen Stock's invite to Union debate
... It has also drawn controversy, having extended invites to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Sinn Fein s Martin Mcguinness and French far-right former politician Marion Marechal-LePen...
Trevelyan descendant 'would consider' Irish famine compensation
... Ms Trevelyan told BBC Radio Ulster s that the Fields Of Athenry had been sung at her, and she had been directly challenged about her family link to the famine by Sinn Fein s Martin Mcguinness in the 1990s...
Good Friday Agreement: Get Stormont up and running, Sunak tells unionists
... She referred to the role of former DUP leader Ian Paisley and his friendship with Martin Mcguinness as " one of the miracles" of the Good Friday Agreement...
Stakeknife: Who was Army's top IRA spy Freddie Scappaticci?
... He denied it and left Northern Ireland a year later when a recording surfaced of him talking to journalists about senior republicans, including Martin Mcguinness...
Good Friday Agreement: Who wants to tell the 'truth' about NI's past?
... What is the point of building a house if no-one will buy it? I once thought out loudly about how much more we would learn about and understand the conflict years had we been able to create a process, in which people like Flanagan and the republican leader Martin Mcguinness would have been able to speak frankly...
Good Friday Agreement: Gerry Adams praises David Trimble's peace bravery
... Mr Adams said: " I remember Martin Mcguinness and I driving, or being driven, up that famous sort of thoroughfare and past the statue and saying to Martin, you know we re going to have to go in there some day, we need a space to moderate our differences ...
MI5 spy reveals secret 'unauthorised' IRA talks
... Senior republicans Martin Mcguinness and Gerry Kelly were at the meeting, representing the leadership of the IRA and Sinn Fein...
Timeline of dissident republican activity
... April 2013Sinn Fein says police warn Deputy First Minister Martin Mcguinness of a renewed threat from dissident republicansPolice investigating dissident republican activity seize contraband cigarettes worth £300,000 in south Armagh...
Stakeknife: Who was Army's top IRA spy Freddie Scappaticci?
By Julian O'NeillBBC News NI Home Affairs correspondent
Freddie Scappaticci once told one of His captives that if he had His Way he would be hung Upside Down in a cowshed and no-one would hear him squeal as he was skinned alive.
The would-be victim, Sandy Lynch, was rescued from IRA execution by The security forces.
The Year was 1990 and Mr Scappaticci's double-life as an Agent within The Ira was approaching an end.
But it would be a further 13 years before he was unmasked as Stakeknife.
Mr Scappaticci, was, for a long period, The British Army 's " golden egg" within The Ira .
Scap was born to an Italian family which came to Belfast in The 1940s.
A bricklayer by trade, he was interned without trial between 1971 and 1974.
A few years later he became a paid spy for The Army, reportedly crossing over after being beaten up by The Ira following a row with a senior member.
By The 1980s, he was operating at The Heart of The Ira , within its internal security unit.
It was known as The nutting squad because The Informers it uncovered were shot in The Head - The Nut - and their bodies dumped after interrogations involving torture.
Access to IRA SecretsHe has been, all while he was on The State payroll, and some of The Victims were fellow agents.
His position gave him access to IRA Secrets - His unit was known as The Clapham Junction of The organisation, according to one former IRA member, because everything went through it.
His life as an Agent - and involvement with The Ira - ended when its suspicions grew following The Incident involving Sandy Lynch.
But it was not until 2003 that Mr Scappaticci was outed by The media as The Agent codenamed Stakeknife.
He denied it and left Northern Ireland a Year later when a recording surfaced of him talking to journalists about senior republicans, including Martin Mcguinness .
His death, almost two decades later, has robbed victims' families of The prospect " of some semblance of justice" according to Kevin Winters, The solicitor representing many of them.
All eyes are now focused on The publication of a report into Stakeknife's activities.
It is in The Process of being compiled by Jon Boutcher, The former chief constable of Bedfordshire Police, whose Operation Kenova investigation has cost £37m.
Operation Kenova has investigated historical crimes in Northern Ireland , covering murder and torture, and The Role of The State , including MI5.
Mr Boutcher has said The Report into Stakeknife's activities will be released sometime this Year - and not before The Cabinet Office checks whether its contents will be " contrary to The Public interest or prejudicial to national security".
Will it spill any Secrets which went to The Grave with Mr Scappaticci?
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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