Mark Haddock

Mark Haddock (born 1968) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary leader and RUC Special Branch informer in Northern Ireland, who has been named by various sources in connection with more than twenty-one killings.

Although frequently discussed in the Sunday World by Martin O'Hagan, he was never referred to by name until 20 August 2003, when his picture appeared on the front cover of the Belfast Telegraph, alongside a story identifying him as the head of the Mount Vernon UVF.

[3] The March 1997 attempted bombing of the Sinn Fein office in Monaghan Town was believed to have been carried out by the Mount Vernon UVF, specifically Mark Haddock along with John Bond and Darren Moore.

[4] On the morning of the attack a loud bang was heard around 9 am by a local resident, who found the remains of a hold-all bag containing wires and a grey coloured putty like substance in an alleyway behind the office.

[5] In October 2005, Labour TD Pat Rabbitte, using Dáil privilege, named Haddock as an RUC Special Branch agent and as responsible for the killings of Sharon McKenna in 1993, Catholic builders Gary Convie and Eamon Fox in 1994, the alleged informer Thomas Sheppard in 1996, Protestant clergyman Rev David J. Templeton in 1997, Billy Harbinson in 1997, Raymond McCord Jnr in 1997, former UDA commander Tommy English in 2000, and David Greer in 2000.

[6] The claim that Haddock was an informer with a Special Branch "handler" was also made by the Sunday World,[2] campaigner Raymond McCord,[2] the Belfast Telegraph,[7][8] The Independent[9] and Ulster Television.