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In the months prior to his death, rumours had been circulating in Belfast that he would be leaving the RUC that summer to take up a post as head of security for a Northern Ireland banking institution.<ref name="WealeBoycott">Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, ''Guardian'', 4 June 1994.</ref> | In the months prior to his death, rumours had been circulating in Belfast that he would be leaving the RUC that summer to take up a post as head of security for a Northern Ireland banking institution.<ref name="WealeBoycott">Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, ''Guardian'', 4 June 1994.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==External Resources== | ||
| + | *David McKittrick, [http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/new-mcguinness-would-have-left-old-foe-amazed-2886295.html New McGuinness would have left old foe amazed], ''Independent'', 24 September 2011. | ||
| + | *Liam Clarke, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/liam-clarke/dublins-links-with-ira-shrouded-in-ambiguity-16115432.html Dublin's links with IRA shrouded in ambiguity], ''Belfast Telegraph'', 10 February 2012. | ||
| + | *Gerard Cunningham, [http://www.faduda.net/tribunal/smithwick104.html Ex detective claims one in four IRA members sold information to British], faduda.net, 20 June 2012. | ||
| + | *Tim O'Brien, [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0621/1224318356072.html Ex-garda says he had not known of murders], ''Irish Times'', 21 June 2012. | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:19, 5 September 2012
John Charles Brian Fitzimons was the former head of the RUC Special Branch in Northern Ireland. He was killed in the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash in 1994.[1]
Fitzsimons joined the RUC in 1963.[2]
He was involved undercover work which led to the arrest of the Brighton bomber, Patrick Magee, and ahead of the killing of three IRA members in Gibraltar in 1988.[2]
He was appointed head of Special Branch in December 1989 at the age of 48 . According to the Guardian, "he was the central strategist in the fight against terrorism."[2]
In the months prior to his death, rumours had been circulating in Belfast that he would be leaving the RUC that summer to take up a post as head of security for a Northern Ireland banking institution.[2]
External Resources
- David McKittrick, New McGuinness would have left old foe amazed, Independent, 24 September 2011.
- Liam Clarke, Dublin's links with IRA shrouded in ambiguity, Belfast Telegraph, 10 February 2012.
- Gerard Cunningham, Ex detective claims one in four IRA members sold information to British, faduda.net, 20 June 2012.
- Tim O'Brien, Ex-garda says he had not known of murders, Irish Times, 21 June 2012.
