Crime World

IT is the high-security jail where Christy Kinahan snr and his two sons are likely to be held if they are ever extradited to Ireland. Portlaoise Prison is the State’s only maximum security jail and is protected by a detachment of armed soldiers who patrol the complex for 24 hours a day. The Defense Forces were drafted in to guard the prison after a number of escape attempts by IRA members in the 1...

A brutal assault on a young teenager by a violent drugs mob known as the Monkey Gang. A land grab by the group in the feud ridden Dublin area of Finglas where their strength and power is growing through intimidation and cost cutting. Today I’m talking with Irish Independent Crime Correspondent Ken Foy about a violent mob who are fast becoming public enemy number one and the shocking assault that w...

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has travelled to the United Arab Emirates, in a move that has raised hopes that the Kinahan top command may be on their way home. However, a file compiled over years by officers at the Garda's Drug and Organized Crime Bureau remains with the director of public prosecution, and it could be months before any charges are directed, and nothing is believed to be imminent...

Nicola is joined by Sean Boyne, the very former News Editor who named the paper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A TV show featuring a lengthy interview with criminal John Gilligan is set to air this week in what is being dubbed the ‘Confessions of a Crime Lord.’But does the Virgin Media show deliver what it says or has it simply given the publicity hungry Gilligan another platform to air his lies? Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the revelations or not of the man who insists he didn’t order the murder o...

Nurse Lucy Letby lived an unremarkable, ordinary life before becoming a suspect in one of the most barbaric and heinous crime imaginable – killing seven newborn babies. While working in a UK hospital, the 33-year-old carried went on a killing spree where she attacked and poisoned innocent children as they lay defenceless in hospital. But as she begins her life sentence for murder, Letby’s motive f...

A video showing a gang of masked men smashing up a halting site with slash hooks and sledge-hammers in Co Clare has gone viral this week on social media. The shocking attack is the latest incident being linked to a long running feud between criminals in the area. But despite the level of violence in the footage, the political reaction to the gang attack has been muted to say the least. Unlike Talb...

He once headed-up a gang who allegedly specialised in multi-million euro bank heists – but now Stefan Saunders is set to use his skills to launch a new career as a locksmith. Last year, CAB seized two homes, as well as luxury cars from Saunders, after they were declared the proceeds of crime in the High court. Gardai had given evidence of how Saunders was the leader of a notorious gang linked to t...

After a summer of headlines about violence in Dublin, armed Gardai are set to patrol the streets of the city it was announced that armed officers will maintain a visible presence in the city after an outcry about the law-and-order. The new €10 million plan came after business owners met with Gardai to claim there had been a spike in anti-social behaviour in the inner-city. But in a series of inter...

This week, Nicola is joined by John 'Jumbo' Kierans to reminisce about his years with the Sunday World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A homecoming of epic proportions will be on the cards for the leaders of the Kinahan organised crime group as the Irish director of public prosecutions considers which charges to level against Christy Kinahan Snr and his sons Daniel, and Christopher Jnr. After years of speculation as to which country they will face trial in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris confirmed this week that Ireland is hoping...

Former kick boxer turned internet influencer Andrew Tate has been on a publicity blitz from his compound in Romania since he was released on house arrest and more recently limited to travel within Bucharest. Facing possible rape and human trafficking charges, Tate has racked up millions of views on social media despite being banned from many platforms and has appeared doing lengthy interviews on p...

As Noel Long begins a life sentence for the cold case murder of mother of three Nora Sheehan, new details of his suspected links to attacks on sex workers have emerged. Last week long lodged an appeal against his conviction for the murder in Cork 42 years ago. But as he awaits to hear if his appeal will be heard, new information has come to light linking Noel to a series of attacks on sex workers...

They are the mouth watering sums of money that the Criminal Assets Bureau claim are the proceeds of crime. But their target insists was partly funded by working as an escort in Australia. Mary Cash made headlines when the high court heard details of her lavish lifestyle which included buying a house with cash, making trips to Harrods, and buying a stunning collection of designer handbags. CAB insi...

As Crime World continues to celebrate 50 years of the Sunday World, Nicola is joined by Journalist Eamon Dillon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kinahan Cartel boss Ross Browning has turned poet in an effort to explain what lured him to life on the wrong side of the tracks. Browning who has just lost his vast home in north Dublin to the Criminal Assets Bureau after its as deemed the proceeds of crime has penned a number of ditties and used them to accompany a social media blitz to show off his fitness skills. Browning previously attempted...

A data breach of epic proportions, a police force scrambling for calm amidst fears of intimidation and an eye watering bill to fix a home-goal mistake which is unequalled. Nicola is joined by Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris to discuss the PSNI publication of a document detailing rank, grades and pay of their own staff. Allison details Catholic officers working within the force...

It is the shocking report that detailed how young children in the care of the state are being targeted for sex by predatory men. A paper published by academics in UCD detailed how school girls are being coerced into carrying out sex acts in exchange for luxury goods. It described how gangs of men had been hanging around hotel lobbies waiting to prey on vulnerable young children, who the state is m...

Nicola Tallant is joined by Showbiz Editor Eddie Rowley to discuss his career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An intrepid Irish American cop joins the dots between Hezbollah, Syrian Dictator Bashar Al Assad’s brutal war, and some of Europe’s biggest drug lords. It sounds the plot from an episode of Homelands but it’s all true and forms the incredible geo political story that plays out on the pages of Chasing Shadows, A True Story of Drugs, War and the secret world of International Crime. Nicola is joined...

He's the former Scotland Yard detective who headed up the hunt for the supplier of dangerous MAC 10 automatic machine guns that found their way into the hands of underworld criminals, terrifying communities and facilitating murders from Dublin to Glasgow and across the UK.Now Michael Hallowes has penned the story of the UK's biggest gun-running investigation which followed the trail right to the h...

Cold case killer Noel Long was jailed last week for the murder of tragic mum Nora Sheehan in Cork 42 years ago. But this week his sister has said she was afraid of him since she was just six. Nicola is joined by Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney to talk about Long and his history of sexual violence against women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Bomber Kavanagh co-operated with police during an investigation into weapons and their location in Ireland. The crime boss, serving 21 years in prison for drug dealing, appeared in court on weapon charges but a Judge at Westminster Magistrates Court heard that he led officers to the guns and ammunition. They were discovered in Newry in 2021.Messages taken from the Encrochat phone hack were...

As Crime World continues to celebrate turning 50, Nicola is joined by former Managing Editor of the newspaper, Neil Leslie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A caravan park millionaire Maurice Sines has made news in the high profile financial bible Bloomberg after setting in place a train of events that has threatened the liquidity of a multi billion euro company. But who is Sines and what are his connections to the Kinahan Cartel? Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the self professed Romany Gypsy and his very close friendship with some of Ireland’s...