News International-Northern Ireland timeline

==1999==
*The News of the World hires Southern Investigations to watch then Deputy Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens. Scotland Yard is tipped off by Derek Haslam, an undercover policeman inside Southern Investigations.Tom Harper, Exclusive: News of the World hired detective firm linked with murder to spy on Met Chief, Independent Voices, 17 September 2012.
==2000==
===November===
*Philip Campbell Smith is arrested by the Stevens Inquiry accused of intimidating Martin Ingram (Ian Hurst) over his co-operation with the Inquiry.Neil Mackay, The Scot behind Ulster's dirty war; Elite unit passed intelligence to UDA death squads, The Sunday Herald, 19 November 2000.
==2002==
===April===
*31 - Glenn Mulcaire records personal details of Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson in his notebook.Sam McBride, UUP MLA Jim Nicholson’s details found in hacker Mulcaire’s notebook, Belfast News Letter, 29 March 2014.
==2006==
*Derek Haslam's cover is blown at some point this year. Haslam would later allege that during his time at Southern Investigations, the firm tried to obtain the new identities of people inside Scotland Yard’s witness protection programme.Tom Harper, Exclusive: News of the World hired detective firm linked with murder to spy on Met Chief, Independent Voices, 17 September 2012.
===April===
*Private detective bills News International £850 for 'Scappaticci phone records', presumed to be a reference to the IRA mole Freddie Scappaticci.Tom Harper, Phone hacking exclusive: The News of the World, the army's IRA mole and more questions for Rupert Murdoch, The Independent, 29 June 2014.
===June===
*18 - A News of the World article by Martin Breen reveals that Ken Barrett is living in Bexhill-on-Sea under police protection following his release from prison for the murder of Pat Finucane (a conviction resulting from the Stevens Inquiry). Former RUC detective Johnston Brown suggests Barrett is responsible for up to ten murders.Martin Breen, Secret life of mobster who killed Kielty dad, News of the World, 18 June 2006. Former special forces soldier Steve Ibinson is involved in tracking Barrett down.Martin Breen, Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind, Sunday Life, 19 April 2009.
===July===
*5 - According to Hurst/Ingram, an email hacked from his computer is sent to the Dublin office of the News of the World on this date. The hacker was a former FRU colleague of Ingram who had met two News of the World journalists in Leeds in mid-2006, who had engaged him to "obtain information and documents about activities connected to my ongoing investigations relating to matters in Northern Ireland".Ian Hurst's witness statement to the Leveson inquiry - full text, guardian.co.uk, 28 November 2011. The Guardian reported in February 2012, that the hacker was Philip Campbell Smith: "The computer hacking involving Smith is alleged to have been carried out in July 2006 by sending Hurst an email containing a trojan virus that copied Hurst's emails and relayed them back to the hacker. It is claimed this was commissioned by Alex Marunchak, who was a senior editor on the News of the World when it was edited by Coulson.Vikram Dodd and Nick Davies, News of the World hacking suspect pleads guilty to conspiracy, guardian.co.uk, 20 February 2012.
==2007==
===February===
*11 - A News of the World article by Martin Breen reveals that PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde has been having an affair with a Metropolitan Police officer who he met when she joined the Stevens Inquiry.Martin Breen, Order's secret love child, News of the World, 11 February 2007, archived at nuzhound.com. 
===March===
*4 - A News of the World article by Martin Breen reveals the result of a freedom of information request to the Stevens Inquiry showing that Freddie Scappaticci, believed to be the IRA informer codenamed Stakeknife could face up to 16 murder charges. An un-named former soldier of the Force Research Unit is quoted suggesting Scappaticci may have received up to £2 million as a payoff. The paper also states Scappaticci is not in Italy or Tenerife as suggested elsewhere.Martin Breen, Stakeknife quizzed on shootings, News of the World, 4 March 2007, archived at nuzhound.com.
===April===
*22 A Martin Breen article in the News of the World gives details of an afffidavit sworn by Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Graham Taylor of the Stevens Inquiry, naming the UDA's William 'Mo' Courtney as one of the killers of Pat Finucane on the basis of evidence from a UDA mole. The article stated: "The affidavit from DCI Taylor has never been read out in court and was part of other proceedings brought by the Stevens Inquiry to obtain documents for its investigation. We have obtained the document from a source not involved in the Stevens Inquiry or Crown Prosecution Service."Martin Breen, UDA mole nailed Mo, News of the World, 22 April 2007.
==2009==
===May===
*21 - Alex Marunchak reports in the Press Gazette that the News of the World's Belfast Editor, Martin Breen has been appointed editor of the Sunday Life. News of the World colleague David O'Dornan joins him as associate editor.Alex Marunchak, Martin Breen becomes Sunday Life's youngest editor, Press Gazette, 21 May 2009.
==2011==
*Jane Winter of British-Irish Rights Watch is informed by a client that "our email communications had been accessed through a Trojan virus in his computer and that the matter was being investigated by the Metropolitan Police."Third witness statement of Jane Winter, Leveson Inquiry, 21 February 2012.
==2012==
===February===
*Philip Campbell Smith named as the man accused of hacking Ian Hurst, after he is convicted of conspiring to illegally access private information for profit in a separate case.Vikram Dodd and Nick Davies, News of the World hacking suspect pleads guilty to conspiracy, guardian.co.uk, 20 February 2012.
==Notes==
Category:Northern Ireland