Portadown mafia’s finest Stephen Grimason will be sorely missed

Late BBC man was a journalist of the highest pedigree

Stephen Grimason, the former BBC political correspondent, was responsible for one of biggest ever scoops here.

Ivan Little

It’s undoubtedly one of the finest journalistic memoirs that has never been written.

For Stephen Grimason, the former BBC political correspondent who was responsible for one of, if not THE, biggest ever scoops here died last week after a lengthy illness, taking his secrets and his insights about the past with him.