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Two Irishmen convicted of killing a Dubliner before dumping his body parts in an Amsterdam canal did not get a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. Kenneth Brunell and Barry McArdle were serving 13-year prison terms for the brutal manslaughter of Keith Ennis in 2009. Niall talks to Crime World's Eimear Rabbitt about why the court said they did not get treated fairly. Hosted on...

A career criminal and drug trafficker known as 'The Vet' has been jailed for 13 years after being caught with nearly €11 million worth of cocaine. Michael Murphy was caught red-handed with the drugs stash which was hidden in an elaborate secret compartment in his lorry. Niall talks to Crime World’s Ken Foy about how Murphy had been a key figure in the drugs trade for decades. Hosted on Acast. See...

Podcaster James English has assured fans he will start releasing 20 hours of interview footage and audio with Daniel Kinahan this month. English was recently convicted of domestic abuse on a pregnant ex-partner, he says he has interviewed Kinahan for over 5 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The son of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has lost his appeal against extradition to Ireland, where he faces charges under anti-gang legislation and is accused of being part of a corruption ring involving Gardaí allegedly passing information to the Hutch Organised Crime Group. Jason Hutch has said he has no case to answer, while his lawyer has claimed he was targeted because of his father’s election bid....

The rain tried hard to put a dampener on our Crime World live show this weekend at Electric Picnic but we weathered the storm. Today a weary Niall and Nicola recount their experiences and tell you where you can catch our new show Succession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The controversial House of Prayer are hoarding millions of dollars in assets in the US in cash and properties. And followers of visionary Christina Gallagher there are telling devotees that they need to raise further funds for her medical care. So, what is happening behind the scenes at the Achill based religious movement headed up by the slot machine-loving former housewife who has lived in milli...

He is the ultimate Mafia Rat - the narco who found himself cornered and who turned on his own former associates in the cocaine Super Cartel. But who is the Italian who went into business with Daniel Kinahan and who now blames him on his downfall? You are listening to Part 2 of Raffaele Imperiale: Mafia Rat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He is the ultimate Mafia Rat - the narco who found himself cornered and who turned on his own former associates in the cocaine Super Cartel. But who is the Italian who went into business with Daniel Kinahan and who now blames him on his downfall? You are listening to Part 1 of Raffaele Imperiale: Mafia Rat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A court heard this week how Mum of two, Alexis Campion felt like she was in hell after she was set alight on her doorstep in Clondalkin. An Irish businessman told us how he was flown to the UK to organise the funeral of alleged travelling conmen gang member Salis Hanrahan and police ruled out fell play in the tragic case of an Irish woman and her partner found dead in a hot tub in the Spanish holi...

Solicitor John Finucane is refusing to confirm that he visited Daniel Kinahan in Portlaoise Prison citing client confidentiality. He is being challenged by opposing politicians who say that he should be forced to confirm or deny his position. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about Kinahan and his legal conundrums.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 An Irish GP who was charged with sex offences in the UK was allowed continue to work with patients in Dublin as long as he had a chaperone. Dr Muhammad Iqbal from Co Meath was jailed for 18 months earlier this month for sexually assaulting two female patients in England. Niall speaks to Crime World's Alan Sherry about how the doctor continued to work with vulnerable patients in Dublin's St Michae...

Podcaster James English has been convicted of a string of domestic violence offences against an ex-partner. A court has heard he pulled hair, pushed and kicked his pregnant girlfriend who he met on social media. English has promised to release a lengthy interview with Daniel Kinahan recorded while he was in Al Awir prison awaiting extradition to Ireland. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about English....

A National Museum worker accused of storing a semtex bomb that was later intercepted while being transported near the border has been granted bail. Simon O’Donovan took the explosive device from his workplace at Collins Barracks museum in Dublin and handed it over to a woman, law student Isobella Perrie Sullivan who was stopped with it in her car in Co. Monaghan later that day, it is alleged. Both...

A home seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau from criminal Edward ‘Blondie’ Stokes has been vandalised and sprayed with messages that it is a ‘family’ home. Nicola with Eamon Dillon about the sale of the Longford property and the current condition of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A unique immersive play put on by recovering addicts attending the Soilse service in Dublin is a disturbing but powerful reflection of the effects of drug use and addiction on individuals and their wider families. However, the theatrical performance which takes place over the course of a journey from Dublin’s Blessington Basin to a mock up crack den also brings a message of hope from those recover...

CAB target Patrick Stokes has been arrested in Australia and charged with the murder of his wife Annemarie O’Reilly. Stokes who led a crime gang in Waterford before moving to Melbourne was near the scene when police discovered the body of Annemarie in the presence of her three year old son. Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the arrest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

The second-last funeral of the M9 crash teens has been held and mourners heard that what happened was wrong and during which prayers were offered up to the innocent family injured. Jeremy 'Bobbles' O’Brien was the fourth teen to be laid to rest after the crash, which has horrified the country and placed the focus on the so-called Lucky Dip gangs. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald. Hosted on Acast. S...

Inmate Brendan Gahan will be laid to rest this week after his brutal murder behind bars has led to an investigation focusing on his cellmate. Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the death of Gahan and other terrifying killings inside the prison system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conor McGregor is sued by a businessman over a tweet, Drogheda gangster raps about Owen Maguire's shooting, and a garda officer is charged with soliciting someone to murder a woman and her three kids. Niall talks to Crime World reporter Neil Fetherstonhaugh about the stories that caught our readers' attention this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fall of Celtic Tiger poster boy Marcus Sweeney has been completed as the Companies Office shows the only business in his name has been struck off and dissolved. Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about Sweeney and his rise and spectacular fall from Maserati driving playboy to the dole queue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cartel number 2 Sean McGovern has issued proceedings against the Governor of Portlaoise Prison and the Minister for Justice in what is believed to be a complaint about the conditions in which he is held. McGovern was arrested in October 2024 in Dubai, returned to Ireland in May 2025, and earlier this year pleaded guilty to directing a criminal organisation. He got 24 years but he remains in custod...

A kidnap and attack on a man accused of stealing drugs from a violent outfit linked to The Family gang was relayed in a Criminal Assets Bureau case against one of the accused. Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Jamie Geoghegan and evidence heard against him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A senior drug boss is in custody after gardaí stopped him in a car with €70,000 worth of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment. The well-known dealer from Sligo is being questioned about the kilo of cocaine and quantity of cannabis discovered during a routine road stop. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

August 28 marks ten years since Clodagh Hawe and her three sons Liam, Niall, and six-year-old Ryan, were brutally murdered by Alan Hawe at their home near Virginia in Co Cavan. Three years earlier, on July 29, Sanjeev Chada strangled his two sons, Eoghan and Rory, before stuffing their bodies into the boot of his car. He later crashed near Westport in Co Mayo, where he was arrested by gardaí. He's...

At least three of the teenagers killed on the M9 in Kildare after crashing head on into an oncoming car had previously bragged online about evading gardaí by driving on the wrong side of motorways. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the so-called Lucky Dip gang and the copycat outfits who are playing a fatal game of cat and mouse with gardaí. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...