Crime World

There is one advantage to working for a newspaper on Dublin's Talbot Street - you don't have to look hard to find crime. This week, the Sunday World reported on how a pool of blood was left on the ground outside our office after a machete was used during a melee between two groups.Niall Donald speaks to Sunday World News Editor Eimear Rabbitt about just another day on Dublin's most notorious street. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A file on the murder of Eddie Hutch has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a recommendation that Daniel Kinahan be charged in relation to the killing.The taxi driver, a brother of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, was shot dead in 2016 amid the height of the hutch-Kinahan fued.Niall Donald speaks to Irish Independent Crime Correspondent Ken Foy about Daniel Kinahan's alleged involvement in the murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An interim report into the activities of British Agent Freddie Scappaticci within the Provisional IRA has said that more lives were lost than saved during his tenure as a spy.Niall Donald speaks to Allison Morris about the man known as 'stakeknife' and what's next for the families of his victims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher 'Git' Waldron has had to hand over his home, a second property, cash and designer watches to the Criminal Assests Bureau. He also claims he's being forced to sell his collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia.  Clodagh Meaney speaks to Niall Donald about the Finglas mobster.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Murder victim Richie Carberry wrote his last will and registered it in September 2018 during the height of the Drogheda feud.Leaving his estate to his wife Eileen, a sister of Robbie Lawlor, he was killed just over a year later.Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about Carberry and his role in the Drogheda feud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The former partner of jailed drug lord Barry Young has escaped a prison term after she pleaded guilty to money laundering and facilitating her boyfriend's criminal organisation. Katie Banks received a suspended sentence after a court was told she had been manipulated during a toxic relationship with Young and knew nothing about his drug dealing until their home was raided.Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Barry Young and his girlfriend who laundered his cash. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brutal machete attack at a teenage boxing championship in Roscommon. The father of an U14 champion is targeted and videoed trying to defend himself with a chair. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about how an evening of boxing turned into a horror show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The daughter of convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has issued High Court proceedings over her dole payments which have been stopped since last year.In a move straight out of her fathers rule book she claims her social welfare applications were refused after the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) unlawfully intervened.She says she is not involved in criminal activity and is “at a loss” as to why she is being treated as though she is.So what is behind Gilligan's daughter and the States refusal to pay her allowances. Is she a chip off the old block or does she have a case to fight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Encrochat phone hack which has resulted in thousands of arrests and convictions across Europe has been described as a pinnacle moment in the fight against modern organised crime.But how did police use the intel that they received every day over a three month period when they got a window into the business of crime.Nicola speaks with Mobeen Azhar whose new BBC Gangster presents series Catching the Kingpins is the first behind the scenes look at how law enforcement eavesdropped on the criminals and how they juggled life and death decisions while attempting to keep them in the dark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eight years after the murder of Real IRA man Vinny Ryan on a Dublin street his comrades have taken to social media to honour him as a ‘republican hero.’But who was Vinny Ryan and why did he follow his brother Alan’s footsteps to a life in a terror outfit and ultimately to an early grave?Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the murder of the Ryan brothers and those who still remember them as martyrs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.