Frem ROSEMARY SULLIVAN, Dublin John Wyman of the British Secret Intelligence Service, and Patrick Crinnion, double agent for the Irish Special Branch and the SIS were both convicted for spying and immediately released by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Tuesday.
After the British terror bombings in Dublin while the Dail debated the anti-IRA Bill last December, Lynch was forced to crack-down on the British spy network. Crinnion and Wyman were arrested as part of this crackdown, with the resulting embarrassment for both the Irish and British governments.
But the embarrassment to the governments was kept to a minimum by the decision of the Dublin regime to hold the case in camera before the Special Criminal Court, thus denying to the public the full details.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT However, one section of the British establishment which will not be spared embarrassment is the Observer newspaper - amongst the details that came out during Crinnion's interrogation by G2, Irish Intelligence Service, was that when he started working for British Intelligence. his cover was as a special correspondent for the Observer.
Crinnion therefore joined Observer staffers Patrick Searle, Andrew Wilson and Colin Smith as their former "man in Dublin".
One unanswered question remains - are there any genuine reporters working for the Observer
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