Five meetings between the RIRA team and the supposed gunrunners took place in Dublin , Austria and Budapest ; at these meetings the parties established a working relationship . Telephone calls between the United Kingdom , the Republic of Ireland , Austria and Hungary were intercepted and the meetings were monitored with bugging devices . '' The Daily Telegraph '' later reported that O'Farrell and Rafferty told the agents they had been part of the team that had attacked MI6 's headquarters the previous year . Rafferty stated the organisation was held back by its " lack of funds and hardware " , telling the agents , " h ad we got the proper tools we would have done something more , more worse than that " , referring to the RPG attack . McDonald suggested they " could do better with more advanced kit " , telling the agents their use of it would " bring a smile to your face "
attacked MI6 's headquarters
2000 MI6 attack
Slovak Three