Passage: Denis Donaldson's admission drew an incredulous reaction from Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, and could complicate Irish and British efforts to broker the restoration of Catholic and Protestant power-sharing government in Belfast. Donaldson, 55, a Sinn Fein member for more than 30 years, told Irish state RTE television that British intelligence had begun paying him in the 1980s after he had compromised himself during a "vulnerable time" in his life.
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