Ireland 'employed British military intelligence officer' after Rugby World Cup leaks

New book claims union feared bugs had been planted at HQIRFU said in response that the claims were ‘fictionalised’Ireland’s rugby authorities were so worried about media leaks after a disastrous World Cup campaign that they employed a former British military intelligence officer to search for bugs they thought were planted inside their Dublin headquarters, it has been claimed.A new book by Seán Hartnett, the pseudonym of a former army spy, claims to reveal the extent of the fear within the Irish Rugby Football Union over the Irish media’s ability to report on dressing-room rows and plans to re…