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11/11/2002
Civil servant suspended on full pay
A civil servant questioned by police last week in connection with an ongoing police inquiry into alleged intelligence gathering by the IRA at Stormont has been suspended from work.
Although police released the man without charge on Friday, a spokesperson at the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister confirmed that the civil servant had subsequently been suspended from work on full pay for the duration of the police inquiry.
It is understood that the man worked in the Stormont offices of the First and Deputy First Ministers.
The allegations of spying activities by the IRA within Stormont has led to four people being charged in relation to the inquiry, and forced the suspension of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive on October 14.
One of the four people charged, following the seizure of documents by police from a number of homes in west and north Belfast last month, is Denis Donaldson, the head of Sinn Féin's administration team at Stormont.
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Although police released the man without charge on Friday, a spokesperson at the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister confirmed that the civil servant had subsequently been suspended from work on full pay for the duration of the police inquiry.
It is understood that the man worked in the Stormont offices of the First and Deputy First Ministers.
The allegations of spying activities by the IRA within Stormont has led to four people being charged in relation to the inquiry, and forced the suspension of Northern Ireland's power-sharing executive on October 14.
One of the four people charged, following the seizure of documents by police from a number of homes in west and north Belfast last month, is Denis Donaldson, the head of Sinn Féin's administration team at Stormont.
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