 For Breen, a visit to the Republic was a relatively rare event.Journalist Kevin Myers published an article in the "Irish Times" on 10 March 2000 regarding the allegations of collusion between a Garda mole and the IRA which had led to the deaths of Breen and Buchanan.Myers' article provoked David Trimble MP for Upper Bann, MLA (and future First Minister of Northern Ireland) to write a letter to the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD on 25 March 2000, calling for an inquiry into the allegations of collusion.