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In January 2013 Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was murdered as he carried out a routine cash escort duty at the Lordship Credit Union in Dundalk in Louth.
Now tens years on journalist Robin Schiller and an officer who was one of the vast investigation team on the case, former Detective Inspector Pat Marry, have joined forces to tell the story of the hunt for Adrians killers.
Nicola speaks with Robin and Pat about their new book Murder at Lordship. Inside the Hunt for A Detective’s Killer which is available now.
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Killer John Dundon is appealing his conviction for the murder of innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan in Limerick more than 10 years ago.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the attempts by the violent Dundon brother to convince judges he’s been wrongly convicted and to win back his freedom.
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The hard-pressed Irish taxpayer got a boost this week after the homes of three notorious gangland criminals were sold off at auction.
The Criminal Assets Bureau raised a total of €1.2 million after putting the ill-gotten gains under the hammer at a special online firesale.
They included homes once owned by burglary gang boss 'Pale' Miley Connors, Kinahan cartel chief Ross Browning and gangster David Waldron.
Niall speaks with Eamon Dillon about how CAB are returning crime proceeds to the public purse.
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The verdict of unlawful killing at an inquest into the deaths of 48 people in the Stardust disco brought to an end four decades of injustice.
It was a result that once seemed almost impossible to Neil Fetherstonhaugh when he sat down to write his book. 'They Never came Home' more than two decades ago.
NIall speaks to Sunday World reporter Neil about his book and his long association with the brave Stardust families who never stopped fighting.
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Irish writer Cillian Dunne delved into the murky world of LA’s underworld and its notorious Cripps and Blood mobs when he met a former gang member who wanted to tell his story.
Nicola speaks to Cillian about his book Dreams in Incarceration and the incredible life of David Spivey, jailed at 17 after turning to the Cripps for protection in his south central LA neighbourhood.
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The heroin dealer who was dubbed King Scum because he flooded Dublin with the drug in the 1980s and 1990s has died aged 81.
Notorious Tony Felloni passed away after a heart attack in a hospital more than 13 years after he was released from a 20 year jail term.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the life and crimes of Tony Felloni.
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Sanctioned mob boss Daniel Kinahan has been branded a ‘super conman’ by the boxing icon who once sang his praises.
Legendary Top Rank Promotions Chief Bob Arum once helped Kinahan reach the top of the fight game by describing him as ‘honourable’ and posing for photographs with him.
But now he has changed his tune and says he was tricked by the Dubliner who convinced him he had gone straight.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Kinahan and rumours of his ongoing involvement in boxing.
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A Galway criminal who was the first to be charged under Ireland’s gangland legislation has made history again after he pleaded guilty to a string of offences in the north where he was nabbed by his Encrochat phone.
Notorious crook Michael O’Loughlin was one of a huge number of suspected criminals lifted after cops hacked the encrypted phone network in 2020 which was being used to send messages between gangs.
It is expected he would go to trial and that his case would be the first to test the legality of the process before a Northern Irish court. However, he pleaded guilty to more than 40 offences including conspiracy to murder and import heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis and was handed down a 12 year sentence.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about O’Loughlin and his run of bad luck with the law.
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Sentencing for sex offenders has been thrown into debate after a shocking case of the sex assault of a baby resulted in a four year prison sentence.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald and Eimear Rabbitt about sentence guidelines, controversial judges and the public perception of jail terms.
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When news editor Alison Sandy began investigating the sinister disappearance of Marion Barter for a podcast series she did not know where the story would take her.
The mother of two sold her home, quit her job and made plans to move to Europe, but when her family stopped hearing from her it was soon discovered that she had changed her name.
Working with the missing woman’s daughter Sally Leydon and journalist Bryan Seymour, the hit Australian podcast ‘The Lady Vanishes’ led to the mysterious case unravelling in real-time, as a listener found a key piece of information that would blow the case right open.
Clodagh Meaney speaks to Alison Sandy about the podcast and how the team managed to help piece together what really happened to Marion Barter.
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