# Martin McGartland – Part 1: An Informer’s Leap for Life

An episode of [The Troubles Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1500971966), 4 Aug 2025, 1 h 29 min.

Audio: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR6152307745.mp3?updated=1753917399

This is an interview with Martin McGartland, who is a former informer who was kidnapped by the IRA after they became suspicious of his activities. There is a lot in this interview, including first hand accounts of how he became an informer, the activities he carried out, and then what things were like when he got caught. This is the first part of a two part episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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