Episodes
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High-end drones have become the vehicle of choice for smugglers bringing drugs into Ireland's prisons.
Tech-savvy dealers are using drones to burn holes in the prison nets before attempting to deliver drugs directly to inmate's windows.
Niall Donald speaks to Eamon Dillon about how technology has changed the contraband trade behind bars.
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The nomination of Kyle Hayes for hurler of the year after two high-profile court cases has sparked a million social media comments.
Limerick hurler Hayes was recently convicted of dangerous driving just months after being sentenced for violent disorder following a nightclub row.
Niall Donald speaks to Sunday World News Editor Eimear Rabbitt about how sport star's off-pitch bad behaviour is treated by the media.
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A gang linked to convicted heroin dealer Greg Lynch have emerged as a target for Gardai investigating the hacked encrypted phone network, Ghost.
Lynch was once a key player in the Kinahan Cartel’s drug distribution network in Dublin’s south inner city.
However, he cut ties with the cartel after narrowly surviving being shot in the face outside a pub in Cabra.
Niall Donald is joined by Eamon Dillon to discuss how Lynch’s gang have been left exposed by the phone hack.
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Irish mum Mandy Kelly hasn’t seen her young children in nearly three years since they were abducted by their Egyptian father during a family holiday.
Today the Dundalk woman who has fought for their return tells Nicola her story and her hopes that she will be reunited soon with her beloved sons.
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In episode three of the Crime World Book Club, Clodagh is joined by singer Janet Grogan who you will know from the X Factor, Last Singer Standing and Euro Song.
They discuss her favourite true crime book, I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara which follows the author's investigation into uncovering the identity of the Golden State Killer.
This episode of Crime World was edited by Jason Maleney, with audio and video recording by Neasa Cumiskey and it was produced by Clodagh Meaney.
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The mother and uncle of Kerry Sinaloa Cartel man Morris O’Shea Salazar have lost appeals against their drug trafficking convictions in Chile where they are jailed on lengthy sentences.
Yolanda Salazar who moved to Kilorglin with her young son after her Irish husband died will now have to serve 18 years in a Chilean prison after she was refused leniency by the courts there.
So where is her son Morris and what are the family connections to the notorious Joachim El Chapo Guzman and his terrifying Mexican drug cartel.
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A secretive Kinahan lieutenant is linked to the French underworld in an investigation probing who sold the doomed Encrochat phones to criminals.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about CIaran ‘Sam’ O’Sullivan and his sidekick Robert Noctor and their hideaway high in the French alps.
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The inquest into the death of murder accused Keith Lee has heard that he died by suicide in a cell in Mountjoy Jail as he faced charges for killing his wife Joanne Ball whose body lay wrapped in a sleeping bag in the wardrobe of his bedsit for up to six days after she’d been killed.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about a controlling relationship that ended in tragedy.
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Former Superintendent John ‘Spud’ Murphy has been moved to the open prison Shelton Abbey where he will now have to mix with killers and rapists for the first time.
The crooked cop who was caught stashing drugs in his Dublin home is serving a prison term while still under investigation for allegations that he worked with criminal gangs during a high-powered and decorated career.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Shelton Abbey and it’s newest guest
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Kinahan Cartel leader Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh and his brother-in-law Liam Byrne made a shock U-turn earlier today when they changed their plea to guilty in the Old Bailey as their trial for a gun plot was about to get underway.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the pleas and the code of Omertà and about the fate of their co-accused
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Seizures of €16 million of drugs, 11 high-value targets arrested and four organised crime groups targeted after an encrypted phone network called Ghost is taken down.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the global law enforcement operation which targeted Australian and Irish gangs.
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Drug raids across Ireland target the organised crime group known as The Family. Almost €7 million worth of cocaine is seized and 100 Gardaí are part of the offensive. But in the background, another significant blow to criminal groupings is coming in the form of a Europol announcement due to take place tomorrow about the latest action against an encrypted phone network.
So has The Family fallen foul to a new sophisticated hack just like the one that toppled the Encrochat network?
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about raids, phones and a new approach by An Garda Siochana.
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In episode two of the Crime World Book Club, Clodagh is joined by Oisin Feeney, host of The Troubles Podcast. They discuss 'Killing Thatcher' by Rory Carroll which details the IRA’s attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the investigation that followed.
You can find Oisin on Instagram @thetroublespodcast and listen wherever you get your podcasts.
This episode of Crime World was edited by Jason Maleney, with audio and video recording by Neasa Cumiskey and it was produced by Clodagh Meaney.
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A woman reported killer Johnny Creswell to the PSNI in 2016, four years before he murdered Katie Simpson, after he had exposed himself to her at a horseyard in County Antrim.
The victim told the PSNI that he was dangerous, had threatened her boyfriend and had boasted about the horrendous violence he'd doled out to his ex-partner Abigail Lyle.
Yet no prosecution was brought and nothing was found on file about the incident when Creswell brought Katie to hospital in 2020.
Nicola speaks with journalist Tanya Fowles about the ongoing revelations about Creswell and his shocking catalogue of abuses of women within the equestrian industry.
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Searches are being conducted in Donegal for the body of missing teenager Arlene Arkinson who went missing in the company of notorious rapist and child killer Robert Howard more than 30 years ago.
Nicola is joined by journalist Ciaran O’Neill who tells a story of an incredible tragedy on the Irish border.
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Hitman Imre Arakas who was caught in Ireland on a Kinahan contract to kill has admitted a gangland murder in Lithuania and said he was sorry - that it was the worst decision of his life.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the colourful assassin and the latest chapter in his unfolding life of crime.
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An ally of Daniel Kinahan, who has been described as Australia's biggest cocaine trafficker, has been unceremoniously booted out of Dubai.
Hells Angels boss Angelo Pandeli had lived the high life in the Gulf State since 2018 where he owned a stunning mansion on the famous Palm Jumeriah island.
But his days as an ex-pat drug lord came to an end when he was deported back to Sydney Airport last week.
Niall speaks to Sunday World reporter Eamon Dillon about Pandeli, biker gangs and Australia's underworld.
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The funeral of James ‘Jaws’ Byrne is due to take place tomorrow as the veteran criminal is laid to rest but what legacy has he left and where is the once powerful organisation he mentored.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the life and crimes of Byrne - the fraudster known as Jemmy.
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Killer Charlotte Mulhall who murdered and dismembered her mother’s lover has served 18 years behind bars but is now enjoying days out in the run-up to her release.
Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Mulhall about her crimes and about the fellow female lifers who populate the women’s prisons.
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