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It was an act of kindness during lockdown that ended up nearly costing an honest garda of his career.
In May 2020, an officer took a bike from his station's lost and found and loaned it to a pensioner who had been given doctor's advice to get more exercise.
But this act of compassion would lead to a three year nightmare and see specialist officers raid the garda's home.
Niall Donald speaks to Sunday Independent Crime Correspondent Ali Bracken about how an officer's life was thrown into chaos over a 50 euro bike.
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Serial child abuser Bill Kenneally sparked outrage when he joked and laughed through testimony at a public inquiry this week.
Kenneally appeared to relish the attention as he described how Gardaí had known about his crime since 1987.
But behind the headlines caused by Kenneally's testimony, the inquiry is seeking to discover how the state failed his victims.
Niall Donald speaks to Saoirse McGarrigle about the work of the Commission of Inquiry.
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Amanda Brown's stepfather David Tweed began sexually abusing her at an early age. For years, she knew the real monster behind the man who presented himself to the public as a star rugby player and pillar of the community.
In 2012 tweed was jailed for 8 years on charges of child sex abuse, but he got out of prison 4 years early when his conviction was overturned.
It wasn't until after his death that his victims were truly able to breathe a sigh of relief.
Niall Donald speaks to Amanda about her new book 'No Peace Until He's Dead', and her years of harrowing abuse at the hands of a paedophile.
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There is one advantage to working for a newspaper on Dublin's Talbot Street - you don't have to look hard to find crime.
This week, the Sunday World reported on how a pool of blood was left on the ground outside our office after a machete was used during a melee between two groups.
Niall Donald speaks to Sunday World News Editor Eimear Rabbitt about just another day on Dublin's most notorious street.
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A file on the murder of Eddie Hutch has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a recommendation that Daniel Kinahan be charged in relation to the killing.
The taxi driver, a brother of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, was shot dead in 2016 amid the height of the hutch-Kinahan fued.
Niall Donald speaks to Irish Independent Crime Correspondent Ken Foy about Daniel Kinahan's alleged involvement in the murder.
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An interim report into the activities of British Agent Freddie Scappaticci within the Provisional IRA has said that more lives were lost than saved during his tenure as a spy.
Niall Donald speaks to Allison Morris about the man known as 'stakeknife' and what's next for the families of his victims.
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Christopher 'Git' Waldron has had to hand over his home, a second property, cash and designer watches to the Criminal Assests Bureau.
He also claims he's being forced to sell his collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia.
Clodagh Meaney speaks to Niall Donald about the Finglas mobster.
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Murder victim Richie Carberry wrote his last will and registered it in September 2018 during the height of the Drogheda feud.
Leaving his estate to his wife Eileen, a sister of Robbie Lawlor, he was killed just over a year later.
Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about Carberry and his role in the Drogheda feud.
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The former partner of jailed drug lord Barry Young has escaped a prison term after she pleaded guilty to money laundering and facilitating her boyfriend's criminal organisation.
Katie Banks received a suspended sentence after a court was told she had been manipulated during a toxic relationship with Young and knew nothing about his drug dealing until their home was raided.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Barry Young and his girlfriend who laundered his cash.
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A brutal machete attack at a teenage boxing championship in Roscommon. The father of an U14 champion is targeted and videoed trying to defend himself with a chair.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about how an evening of boxing turned into a horror show.
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