# THE INFORMER AND HIS HANDLER: JP O’Sullivan

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Podcast: [The Mick Clifford Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mick-clifford-podcast-1186179)
Published: 2026-04-02T19:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In March 1985, IRA man John Corcoran’s body was found outside Cork city. He had been shot as an informer. In the intervening years there has long been speculation that Corcoran’s murder could have been avoided and that he was sacrificed to protect another informer for An Garda Siochana, Sean O’Callaghan. The special branch detective who was John Corcoran’s handler, JP O’Sullivan, has now written a memoir about the times and the murky manoeuvres leading up to and following Corcoran’s murder. JP O’Sullivan is this week’ guest on the podcast   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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