He was supported by a covert specialist military troop (possibly an SAS unit made up from specially-trained Northern Ireland personnel). In December 2003, the Dáil's Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, published the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings which took place in May 1974.

In the House of Commons, in 1990, the Government admitted that Ministers had "inadvertently misled" Parliament over Wallace's role and confirmed that he had been involved in disinformation activities on behalf of the security forces and that he had been authorised to supply, on occasions, classified information to journalists. In a world where people have become almost blasé over the scale of the communal violence in Yugoslavia, the United Kingdom’s internal war in Northern Ireland may at times appear. Entries in intelligence notebooks kept during 1974 by former Special Military Intelligence Unit Officer, Captain Fred Holroyd, who had met Wallace in Northern Ireland at that time, [18] refer to the Kincora hostel by name, and say of leading Protestant politicians that they are "all queers", as British Army and RUC intelligence officials had had no difficulty coupling information about homosexual Protestant extremist politicians to Kincora.In 1974, Wallace's Army Annual Confidential Report described his performance in Northern Ireland as "outstanding" and said that he had made "one of the most effective personal contributions of any to the standing and reputation of the Army in these troubles. He was seconded to the New Zealand SAS before working for the Intelligence Services as a psychological warfare officer. Taking you through various parts of Colin Wallace’s life by theme and related events, rather than specific time periods, weaving narrative that is somewhat unbelievable but is, for the majority confirmed true by the end of the book.

Firstly the formatting of the large blocks of quoted text can be nigh on indistinguishable from the body of the text as the font size is barely 2 points smaller than the main text, if these section were indented slightly it may have emphasised the difference somewhat.What Wallace was unaware of was that McGrath and McKeague had virtual immunity from prosecution because of the information they were supplying to their Intelligence bosses.

We didn't specify allegations of assault in the home because the Army felt that it couldn't be seen to be briefing on a police matter. It was very much a matter that, OK the story was being contained at the moment because he was in jail, but that in a few years' time he would be back out again and could be expected to start making the allegations again and then that would be a serious problem. The woman told him that she was dealing with a Kincora resident who had been in trouble with the police. Therefore, for that reason if no other, there is a need for a far wider-scale inquiry than is being proposed at present.In his book, Inside Intelligence, former SIS officer Anthony Cavendish confirms that he knew Wallace and says that his story is "frightening and disquieting, but one which ties in with many events to which I have been privy". In 1973, at the request of his superior officers, he gave several journalists the name of the loyalist paramilitary leader running the home, together with his address and telephone number. After that he was removed from his job, accused of passing a classified document to a journalist, and eventually charged and convicted of murder. The first mountain I ever climbed was Mount Kenya on a school trip when I was 17, from that moment of standing on top of that beautiful mountain I was hooked.