Jimmy Savile in Dublin with Charles Haughey, 1980. 1987 papers reveal 'MI5 plot to kill Irish PM Haughey'
Charles Haughey, the former Prime Minister of Ireland, introduced Jimmy Savile to his daughter Eimear when she was a young teen.
Savile was a regular visitor to the Haughey home in Dublin.
Savile is believed to have visited Dublin for 15 years from the mid-1970s to lead charity walks for the CRC (Central Remedial Clinic) co-founded by Valerie Goulding.
My meeting with Savile - Haughey girl
Savile is believed to have been an agent of the UK security services at a time when the UK security services were reportedly planning to assassinate Charles Haughey.
Charles Haughey was told that MI5 had ordered his assassination, declassified state papers show.
Records from his office while he was 'taoiseach' in 1987 reveal that the UVF, the Protestant terror group, wrote to him as follows:
Savile was a regular visitor to the Haughey home in Dublin.
Savile is believed to have visited Dublin for 15 years from the mid-1970s to lead charity walks for the CRC (Central Remedial Clinic) co-founded by Valerie Goulding.
My meeting with Savile - Haughey girl
Savile is believed to have been an agent of the UK security services at a time when the UK security services were reportedly planning to assassinate Charles Haughey.
Charles Haughey was told that MI5 had ordered his assassination, declassified state papers show.
Records from his office while he was 'taoiseach' in 1987 reveal that the UVF, the Protestant terror group, wrote to him as follows:
"In 1985 we were approached by a MI5 officer attached to the NIO (Northern Ireland Office) and based in Lisburn, Alex Jones was his supposed name.
"He asked us to execute you."
According to the letter, on UVF headed paper, the MI5 operative gave details of Haughey's cars, his home, his island, and his yacht, Celtic Mist.
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"He asked us to execute you."
According to the letter, on UVF headed paper, the MI5 operative gave details of Haughey's cars, his home, his island, and his yacht, Celtic Mist.
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Savile is believed to have been used by the security services to control both sides in the Northern Ireland conflict.
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