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The criminal known as 'Mr Flashy' brandishes a bicycle saddle during a heated street argument in Dublin.
Caught on camera, the frightening scenes have landed him with another 18-month suspended as he continues to serve jail time for a firearm.
So, how is Glen Ward serving life in prison and what does the future hold for him?
Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitte about Mr Flashy's latest antics.
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A search has got underway in the investigation around the murder of seven months pregnant midlands woman Fiona Pender.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the 25-year-old who disappeared almost three decades ago and the shadowy character who has remained as the only suspect in her death.
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A shooting on the Costa Blanca near where Belfast man John George was last seen alive and where John Gilligan was nabbed in a drugs lab.
As a 21-year-old fights for his life, two men are arrested in the latest incident near popular Orihuela near Alicante.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about gun crime and a police crackdown in a tourism hotspot.
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A young man fires a gun randomly from the passenger seat of a speeding car - the latest incident in an ongoing and dangerous feud which set two families at war.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about how a broken relationship created a divide within the notorious Dundon gang and turned neighbours and friends into sworn enemies.
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The jury at the murder trial of Richard Satchwell has been told that they will have three options: to convict him of murder, of manslaughter, or to acquit him.
Justice Paul McDermott in his charge to the jury told them they will enter their deliberations as independent people with life experience and they will have to consider the facts without emotion or prejudice.
Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon on Day 17 of the trial.
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Jailed drug trafficker John Gilligan hoped to carry out a spectacular double-cross behind bars in a Spanish jail to net himself a much needed nest egg.
Nicola is joined by journalist Steven Moore, who tells her an extraordinary tale of intrigue from gangland.
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On the 16th day of the trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies murdering his wife Tina in March 2017,the jury heard closing speeches from both the prosecution and defence legal teams.
Senior counsel for the state, Geraldine Small, described Mr Satchwell as an arch manipulator full of guile and cunning, while defence barrister Brendan Grehan said that while Mr Satchwell engaged in a campaign of hurtful lies, it does not make him a murderer.
Eimear Rabbitt speaks with Sunday World journalist Eamon Dillon who has covered every day of the trial for the last four weeks.
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The brutal killing of Limerick dad Jason Corbett and the devastating after-effects for his family are laid in a new Netflix documentary.
But does A Deadly American Marriage allow Molly Martens and her father Tom to continue to pursue a false narrative that has attempted to rob Jason of his good name as well as his life? Or is the documentary a fair portrayal of two sides of a story?
Nicola speaks with journalist and documentary maker Lynne Kelleher, who has poured over the investigation files and who believes that victim Jason was almost put on trial by a US legal system which failed his family.
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Today marked the fifteenth day of evidence in the trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies the murder of his wife Tina in their home in Co Cork in March 2017.
This morning, the defence called their first witness - a sister of Ms Satchwell, who described the murder accused as 'odd and controlling'.
The witness also told the court how Mr Satchwell referred to Tina as a 'trophy wife'.
Eimear Rabbitt is joined by Eamon Dillon, who was in court for the final day of evidence in the murder trial.
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A far-right activist who campaigned against immigrants who he said would commit crime in Ireland has been jailed for drug offences.
Scott Delaney, otherwise known as Scott Knight, is the son of a murderer 'Cotton Eye' Joe Delaney and once boasted that he made a fortune dealing ecstasy in Dublin clubs.
But more recently he has become one of Ireland’s far-right influencers who warns against the risks of immigrants and crime. Now, he is back behind bars himself after breaking the law.
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On the fourteenth day of evidence in the trial of Richard Satchwell, he denies murdering his wife Tina in March 2017.
The jury heard evidence from Ms Satchwell's cousin, Sarah Howard, who became emotional in the witness box as she described how Mr Satchwell had offered her a chest freezer in the months after her beloved relative's disappearance.
Eimear Rabbitt speaks to Eamon Dillon, who was in court as Ms Howard also told of text message exchanges she had with the accused after his wife went missing.
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Trace evidence left behind at murder scenes, complex chemistry used by drug gangs to disguise illegal drugs, and even investigations of poison pen letters are the stock and trade of a group of Ireland’s finest scientists at the new high-tech Forensic Science Ireland laboratories outside Dublin.
This week, Nicola paid a visit to where all the magic happens in preparation for a free FSI event to be held next week at the National Convention Centre when members of the public can step inside the world of forensic investigators.
Nicola tells Niall Donald about a privileged visit to FSI and the people she met there.
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Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster told the trial of Richard Satchwell that she could find no cause of death on the remains of his wife Tina as there were no organs left in her skeletal remains.
Day 13 of the murder trial heard graphic evidence surrounding the finding of Tina’s body at her home in Cork more than six years after she disappeared.
Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon, who has been covering the trial.
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Richard Satchwell was ‘perp walked’ to court to face charges for his wife Tina’s murder, his Senior Counsel said today.
Brendan Grehan quizzed Detective David Kelleher about how Satchwell was brought to the District Court in Cashel in October 2023 when he was first charged with murder.
The officer denied he had purposely marched Satchwell in handcuffs in front of the media.
Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon on Day 12 of the murder trial.
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Body parts found as farmers spread slurry on a field near the farm of missing Mike Gaine and investigators discover that he has lain dead in a tank at his Kenmare holding.
A man is being questioned in connection with the murder but forensics and science are expected to play a large part in unravelling the mystery of his last moments.
Nicola speaks with Kerry journalist Sinead Kelleher about the developments in the murder case.
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It’s an unsolved murder that is baffling and frustrating for officers trying to find the remains of missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin.
And as another birthday passes for the little boy with no cake or candles, Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the timeline in which the six-year-old vanished into thin air.
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An ex-soldier is facing decades behinds bars for the murder of Kirsty Ward after a Spanish jury rejected his cruel lies that she took her own life.
Keith Byrne was led away to a Spanish jail in handcuffs after being found guilty of strangling the Dublin mum to death on a holiday in Salou.
Niall speaks to Sunday World news editor Eimear Rabbitt about how Byrne’s lies were exposed in court.
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Murder accused Richard Satchwell told gardaí he didn’t want to see pictures of his dead wife and preferred to keep his memories as she was.
During interview in 2023, he also faced challenging questions about his version of events around his wife’s death.
Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon, who is covering the Satchwell trial and this is day 11.
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A former paramilitary who has made a career in community service and is hailed as a modern-day poster boy for the loyalist community is caught with firearms and will be sentenced before Belfast courts this week.
Now, questions prevail over Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine and the support and funding he has received from Government bodies over the years.
Nicola speaks with Allison Morris about the gunman turned gatekeeper who has worked a gravy train of funding to create a smokescreen around his true activities.
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Richard Satchwell told gardaí he wasn’t 'looking for sympathy' after describing how his wife died, the court heard today.
The jury saw more garda videotaped interviews with Mr Satchwell during day ten of his trial for the murder of his wife Tina in the Central Criminal Court.
Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about the questions put to the accused by detectives in 2023.
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