Crime World

The trial of Jozef Puska, accused of killing 23-year-old Ashling Murphy is in its second week. This week, the jury heard about the admissions made in the defendants Garda interviews, the friend who lied to Gardai and Ashling Murphy’s final movements. Niall Donald is joined by Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney to discuss the developments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shots fired at the home of former McCarthy-Dundon criminal Jimmy Collins have sparked fears of a new feud erupting in Limerick. Last week, a gunman opened fire on the home on Limerick's Hyde Road following a series of tit -for-tat incidents. It comes as Jimmy Collins, son in law of convicted rapist Thomas O'Neill, is said to have had a falling out with a rival drug dealing faction. Niall Donald sp...

Children are being radicalised by drug gangs and being turned into killers in the same way that terrorists have, and now the EU wants to develop an early-warning system for countries to recognise the process. The tsunami of cocaine, which is still coming for the block and which has changed the whole face of organised crime is to blame for the shocking societal changes being recognised by the Europ...

He’s the UK’s number-one true crime author who made his name from his conversations with serial killers. But what made former Royal Marine Christopher Berry-Dee want to get up close and personal with the world’s most depraved.?From Aileen Wournos to the 'Monster of the Rivers' Arthur Shawcross, he has delved deep into the crimes and minds of psychopaths. In an interview with Crime World, Berry-Dee...

The trial of Jozef Puska accused of murdering 23-year-old schoolteacher Ashling Murphy in Tullamore last year continued today in front of a jury of 3 women and 9 men. The court heard harrowing details from the post-mortem as well as other evidence from the first Garda on scene. Today I’m talking to Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney about the cause of death, the beginnings of the investigation and what...

The trial of Jozef Puska, accused of the murder of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore in January 2022 opened at the Central Criminal Court this week. Niall Donald speaks to Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney about the witnesses who came upon the scene and the prosecutions opening statement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Regency hotel trial lifted the lid on the once secretive links between Dublin's gangland criminals and armed republican groups. Secret recordings of conversations played in court showed how Gerry Hutch still believed the IRA had the power to call a halt to the feud on the city's streets. But unlike previous generations of criminals who feared Republicans, the Kinahan cartel were not cowed by d...

The intriguing story of IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci is one of mystery and fascination and for years has been the subject of the Operation Kenova investigation due to be published in coming weeks. Nicola speaks with author and former Provision IRA prisoner Richard O’Rawe whose book 'Stakeknife’s Dirty War' exposes British intelligent's top informer and his role in the IRA’s Nutting Squad....

The murder of 19 year old Una Lynskey is set to be the subject of a Garda cold case review 52 years after she was snatched from a roadside in County Meath. But behind the mystery lie layers of scandalous allegations surrounding the Garda’s so called Heavy Gang - a team of interrogators who have been criticised for extracting false confessions in murder cases from suspects using force, coercion and...

Remains found behind a wall under the stairs in missing Tina Satchwell home have been confirmed to be the 45 year old woman. And a man remains in custody but Gardai will have to make a decision by tonight on whether to charge or release him. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the sensational developments and the body under the stairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spanish judges have approved the extradition of Kinahan mobster Liam Byrne to the UK where he is set to go on trial with his brother-in-law Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh and others for weapons offences. In jail in a Palma prison since his arrest on Majorca earlier this year, he will now face the journey back to the dock and the case against him compiled by the National Crime Agency. But where did it al...

***Episode first published in February 2022***It’s the white gold that has turned street dealers into billionaires and corrupted politicians, police and even the judiciary with its promises of wealth beyond dreams. Cocaine starts out life as a leaf on a tree in the jungles of south and central America but how does it get to the streets of Ireland and how many people die along the way? Nicola speak...

A man has been arrested after suspected human remains were found during a search of a property in Cork by gardaí investigating the disappearance of Tina Satchwell in 2017.In a series of developments today, suspected human remains were located, with State Pathologist Margaret Bolster being brought on site, along with a forensic anthropologist and a sniffer dog. A man in his 50s was then arrested at...

The death of rap icon Tupac Shakur has been the stuff of books, films and even song but now a Nevada grand jury has charged a 60 year old former gang leader with the cold case killing. Duane Keffe D Davis was one of the four original suspects for the Las Vegas shooting in 1996 which came about after hostilities between the Bloods and the Crips gangs spilled over and celebrities took sides. Nicola...

The conglomerate of mobs who ordered two tonnes of cocaine nabbed off the Irish coast last week is yet to be firmly established but what is know is that it was shipped by the Clan Del Golfo - Colombia’s largest cartel.6000 strong and based in the jungles near the border with Panama and the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts the cartel are a massive military armed with high powered weapons and responsibl...

It’s 20 months since Ukraine was first attacked by Russian forces in a ruthless war that has shocked Europe and left millions displaced. A massive death toll, horrific injuries and untold trauma has followed for the people of the towns and cities under attack while a catalogue of war crimes by Russia are being documented. But amidst the chaos a former Irish rugby star has found a way to help with...

***This episode was originally published in November 2021***When killer Joe O’Reilly bludgeoned his wife Rachel to death at their home in the Naul, Co Dublin, in October 2004 he thought he’d get away with murder. But years after he was convicted to a life sentence for his horrific crime, nobody could have expected that the former advertising executive - who is yet again to be the subject of a new...

Carl Frampton has defended his involvement with MTK boxing promotions, the company founded by Daniel Kinahan. The boxer says he has no regrets and enjoyed a life changing pay day after signing up in 2017.But is Frampton being tone deaf when it comes to Kinahan and the dirty funds washed through boxing? Should he recognise that he was inadvertently in bed with the bad guys or is he right to brazen...

A hitman desperate to become part of the Kinahan organisation tried to kill The Monk’s brother John and another relative to pay off a drug debt and ingratiate himself in the mob. Michael Carroll got 22 years in prison this week for the ruthless assassination attempts, one of which was caught on CCTV, despite pleading guilty to his crimes. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the tragic death of J...

A notorious burglary gang headed up by the son of ‘Fat’ Andy Connors have been nabbed again after they were caught with a car load of burglary tools. John Connors who featured on the UK’s crime watch show was arrested with Thomas Wall who both now face more time in prison after their latest run in with police. But how do Irish burglary gangs like Connors outfit remain in business given their reput...

A €500 million cocaine haul on the Waterford Cork coast involving army rangers, customs, Gardai, the Naval Service and Air Corps. The Kinahan cartel and Iranian links to Hezbollah form key parts of the investigation. But what does the hidden haul on the mothership MV Matthew really tell us about the cocaine industry and what people are willing to do to transport it? Nicola speaks with Niall Donald...

Veteran criminal Dean Russell says he is no longer involved in anything more than community work and that he’s now an innocent man. But this week the Criminal Assets Bureau are putting his house up for sale with a euro 300k price tag after he handed them the keys following an 11 year battle against a proceeds of crime case. So who will buy the four bed semi detached which auctioneers say is a barg...

**This episode was first published in January 2023**He was the notorious Cosa Nostra boss who lived in hiding for 30 years and who was responsible for terrorist atrocities against Italy. Matteo Messina Denaro was amongst a group of violent mafia bosses who hit back at Italian magistrates, their families and body guards with lethal bomb attacks during the early 1990s when the brave judges took on t...

Rival gangs in Limerick’s lethal underworld feud dealt with a ‘Board of Governors’ of criminal businessman to launder their cash and make deals. Nicola speaks with journalist Eamon Dillon about the massive secret Garda investigation into the city’s gangland network which has laid bare how - in the underworld - when it comes to money - rivalry doesn’t matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

An arson attack on an innocent family home, two sworn enemies locked in a bitter feud and fears that tensions will escalate. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the fire in a Clondalkin house in Dublin linked to the 10 year row between gangland hot head Nellie Walsh and jailed Kinahan lieutenant Peadar Keating. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.