Radio Espial (Mick Rooney)

In this episode, Radio Espial looks at the unsolved cold case of Antoinette Smith from 1987. I'm delighted to say that I was joined by Ciaran McConnell from Irish Cold Cases and the website Ireland's Vanishing Triangle to review this case. CASE SUMMARY Antoinette Smith and her friend Marie attended a David Bowie concert at Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland on Saturday, July 11th, 1987. The pai...

Deirdre Jacob is an Irish woman who disappeared very near her parent’s home just outside Newbridge town, County Kildare on the 28th July 1998 at the age of 18. In August 2018 the Garda Síochána (Irish police) announced that her disappearance was being treated as a murder case. CASE SUMMARY Deirdre Jacob was born on October 14th, 1979 to Michael and Bernadette Jacob and she spent her childhood grow...

Josephine "Jo Jo" Dullard, 21, of Callan, County Kilkenny, was living in Harold's Cross, County Dublin when she went missing on 9th November 1995. She had recently finished a beauty therapy course after finding it very difficult to juggle work and college. On the day she disappeared, she was planning on moving from Dublin back home to Callan for good. She had missed her last bus to Callan and had...

Tina Satchwell is an Irish woman who went missing under suspicious circumstances in 2017, in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. Tina Satchwell is from St Bernard's Place in Fermoy, Cork. She lived with her husband for almost 28 years, Richard Satchwell, and their two dogs on Grattan Street in the seaside town of Youghal. The couple met when Tina was on a visit to the UK in 1989. Richard moved to Ir...

Philip Cairns, a 13-year-old schoolboy, disappeared on the afternoon of the 23rd October 1986 while walking back to local secondary-level school, Coláiste Éanna in Rathfarnham, Dublin, after his lunch break. He never returned to school and has never been found after more than 36 years A large-scale investigation was carried out but no physical trace of Philip has ever been found. His disappearance...

Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon were Dutch students who disappeared on 1st April 2014, while hiking the El Pianista trail in Panama. After an extensive search, portions of their bodies were found a few months later. Their cause of death could not be determined definitively, but Dutch authorities working with forensic and search-rescue investigators initially thought it likely the students had accid...

Jean Tighe, a native of Cavan, Ireland goes missing from a hostel she is staying at in Parede, Portugal (located just outside the city of Lisbon) on July 13th, 2020. She is spotted by a hostel worker carrying her handbag, leaving to meet up with a Brazilian male friend. Jean has spent much of life travelling abroad as a free-spirit and has visited places all over Europe, India, Australia and South...

Nicola Bulley, 45, a mortgage advisor, was last seen on Friday morning at around 9.20am while walking her dog alongside the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, UK. She had just dropped off two her daughters, aged six and nine, at the local school in the village. Ms Bulley’s phone was found, apparently still engaged on a work call, on a park bench nearby, along with the harness and lead...

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian forces on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Contact with the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was lost when it was about 50 km (31 miles) from the Ukraine–Russia border, and wreckage from the aircraft fell nea...

The latest episode of Radio Espial has gone live. Likes, shares and subscribes are always appreciated on Youtube. Annie Bridget McCarrick (born March 27th, 1966), an American woman from Long Island, New York, went missing under suspicious circumstances in 1993 while she was residing in Ireland. McCarrick was born on Long Island, New York and she grew up and lived in Bayport until her move to Irela...

A social media case study of WBAC (We Buy Any Car) and how we deal with social media stories. Mick Rooney examines this case and later provides a wider social media toolkit we all need to use using the internet.

Daniel Brophy was found dead from two gunshot wounds at the Oregon Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon on June 2, 2018. On May 25, 2022, his wife, Nancy Crampton-Brophy, was found guilty of second-degree murder for his death. Radio Espial's Mick Rooney, in this episode, examines the case and the evidence against Nancy Brophy during the trial.

A Radio Espial special covering the 8th Remembrance Event and news updates on the case investigation and search for the subsea wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370.

Musician John Buckley McQuaid talks about his latest album 'This is Where I keep My Dreams' with Radio Espial's Mick Rooney. Born in Dublin and based in Denmark for many years, John Buckley McQuaid is a professional musician who has toured all over Europe, from pub and music venues to art museums, theatres, schools, prisons and festivals. In addition to writing songs, he writes lyrics and fairy ta...

Broadcaster and journalist Mick Rooney talks to Buythebook owner Rachel Drury for Radio Espial. Rachel graduated as an engineer in 2005 and worked for over 10 years In the renewable energy industry both in Ireland, Chile, Sweden and South Africa before relocating to Sydney, Australia in 2013. In 2018, Rachel returned back to Ireland and stopped working as an engineer due to illness. In 2020, Rache...

Mick Rooney looks at the case of missing Irish woman Bernadette Connolly. 45-year-old Bernadette Connolly has been missing from the Swords area of Dublin since Friday 7th January, 2022 (12.38 pm). Ms Connolly, who was last seen on Donabate beach, is described as being 5' 6" (1.68m) tall, of slim build, with hazel eyes and long black hair. Gardaí say that Bernadette was wearing a black Nike trainin...

On 8th December 2000, Irishman Trevor Deely disappeared in Dublin. He had been walking home around 4:00 am from his office Christmas party, and had needed to go to the bank where he worked for an umbrella as well as to get certain things in order for his shift the next day. He was seen on a security camera at his bank and in front of another bank he passed as he headed home on foot; both also capt...

Journalist and broadcaster Mick Rooney presents a detailed visual timeline and analysis of the case of Gabby Petito. PLEASE NOTE: This was a videocast and the full episode is not available in podcast format for reasons explained in the broadcast. ( www.radioespial.com ) To view the full episode, go to Radio Espial's website or its YouTube channel. Gabby Petito was an American woman who was killed...

Political thriller writer and artist Linda Riesenberg Fisler joins presenter Mick Rooney on the latest episode for Radio Espial. In this episode they discuss the forthcoming US Election, the current Covid-19 pandemic, and the impact of it on the world of arts and culture. https://lindafisler.com/ https://lindafisler.com/blind-series-.. . http://www.radioespial.com/

Radio Espial - Episode 13. Blaine Alan Gibson joined host Mick Rooney this week to discuss the latest on the case of Malaysia Airlines MH370 and his role as a debris finder.

Retired Qantas Captain Michael Glynn joins broadcaster and journalist Mick Rooney to discuss aviation and an update on the case of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370.

Kristyna Pokorna joins Radio Espial presenter Mick Rooney on the 5th year remembrance to discuss the latest news on missing flight Malaysia Airlines MH370 and her trip to interview eyewitnesses in the Maldives. www.radioespial.com Twitter: @RadioEspial FB: @RadioEspial

Presenter Mick Rooney is in conversation with Juanda Ismail (pilot and flight instructor)about the latest developments about missing flight Malaysia Airlines MH370.

Our latest Radio Espial​ episode Mick Rooney talks to Jeremy Thompson of Troubador and Matador Publishing.

Paul Cohen of Monkfish and Epigraph Publishing joined presenter Mick Rooney to discuss all things publishing, self-publishing, digital publishing and technology.