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Dave Rupert: The Chicago trucker recruited by the FBI to spy on IRA

Dave Rupert: The Chicago trucker recruited by the FBI to spy on IRA

Update: 2025-12-15
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Dave Rupert, a six and half foot tall, middle-aged trucker from Chicago, with no Irish links. Rupert was a tourist who enjoyed a pint and through a series of chance events became a trusted republican insider and then an agent working for the FBI. How did an American man with no background in republicanism end up living a double life as part of the Real IRA Army council, and why did its leader Mickey McKevitt believe him? 

Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Abdon Pallasch.



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Dave Rupert: The Chicago trucker recruited by the FBI to spy on IRA

Dave Rupert: The Chicago trucker recruited by the FBI to spy on IRA