A former IRA "supergrass" Raymond Gilmour has asked for assurances about his safety should he decide to come back to Northern Ireland.
Gilmour, was is in poor health, disappeared in 1982 after informing on associates in the IRA and Irish National Liberation Army.
He first moved to Cyprus to get away, and is now believed to be living somewhere in England. However, in the the aftermath of Sinn Fein signing up to the new policing arrangements in
Northern Ireland Gilmour is reported to be keen to return to Ireland. "I would like Martin McGuinness's assurances, and Gerry Adams's, and whoever else is in charge of Sinn Fein," he said.
Martin McGuinness, the party's chief negotiator, said it was a decision for Gilmour to make and and that he was not under threat from Sinn Fein, nor - he believes - from the IRA.