at the start of june 1987 three attacks were made against soldiers of the same company of 7/10 udr including private joe tracey who was shot dead as he started a new job on apartments off the lisburn road, belfast. the "belfast newsletter" reported that 7/10 udr had been infiltrated by the ira. the commanding officer accepted that someone must have informed on him but denied that the ira had been able to penetrate the battalion calling the allegation a "wild rumour".