‘The border does not apply to me’: Robert Nairac’s illegal forays into Republic revealed in new documentary

Documentary gives new insight on soldier ‘disappeared’ by IRA, including interviews with family, friends and members of security forces who worked with him

Robert Nairac in his Guards uniform

A new documentary about Robert Nairac has claimed the soldier tracked down a paramilitary suspect in the Republic, against Army rules.

Nairac, who served as a liaison officer between the SAS and RUC Special Branch, was abducted from a pub in south Armagh on May 14, 1977 while working undercover and taken across the border.