Suzanne Breen graduated from Queen’s University Belfast with an honours degree in English and Politics in 1989 and went on to take the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) course in newspaper journalism at Belfast's College of Business Studies.
She was contacted by the Real IRA when they claimed responsibility for the shootings at Massereene Barracks and admitted killing Denis Donaldson.
[7][8][9][10] In 2009, she was approached by the Police Service of Northern Ireland and asked to hand over details about sources, which she refused to do.
[15] Initially, the judge said he was minded to grant the order to the PSNI,[16] but, in June 2009, the High Court in Belfast ruled in her favour, saying she did not have to hand over her notes.
[17] She had been told by a third party that if she handed over her notes, she and her family would be in danger from the Real IRA.