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He was once the Kingpin of a major organised crime gang, but now Hughie Irwin is living without running water or electricity in an impoverished and paranoid world.
So who is Irwin and how has he fallen so spectacularly from grace in his native Sligo where he was once a feared force in gangland?
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the life and crimes of Irwin.
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A student has pleaded guilty to walking out of a Dublin apartment with a 5-year-old child who he didn’t know 'under his arm'.
Indian national Visak Leela told the court he had no sinister motives for his actions - describing it as 'drunken horseplay'.
Niall talks to Sunday World news editor Eimear Rabbitt about the case and the social media storm around it.
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Real life Love/Hate, criminal John Gilligan’s family, reporting undercover in Dubai, and career paths into crime journalism...
Today in part two of our two-part Q&A special, we answer your questions about crime and the underworld.
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Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley claimed he struck a secret deal with CAB to be allowed keep his home in exchange for dropping a case against a supergrass witness, a court has heard.
The veteran criminal and his wife were in court today in a last-gasp effort to keep their family home from being seized by the State.
Niall speaks to Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney about how Foley’s decades-long legal battle is coming to an end next week.
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Daniel Kinahan has been named in a major US court case as a shady figure in backroom dealings for the rights to a Tyson Fury fight.
The lawsuit makes a number of explosive claims about Top Rank’s relationship with the Kinahan Cartel chief and has made front page news in the US.
So what does this all mean for Kinahan and are boxings dirty little secrets finally coming to light?
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Kinahan and the intricacies of the case.
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The daughter of Marie Kilmartin tells a new documentary that she believes she knows who killed her mother.
Marie’s body was found in bog in Co Laois in 1994 - six months after she went missing after receiving a mysterious phone call.
Niall speaks to Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney about Aine’s tireless campaign to find out who killed her mother.
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A third teenager has been jailed for a vicious assault on tourist Stephen Termini which placed the spotlight on Dublin’s north inner city and violence on its streets.
The US tourist was left with life changing injuries after the 2023 assault which saw then Justice minister Helen McEntee and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris visit Talbot Street and promise change.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the street, the assault and the jailing of three teenagers.
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Brian McHugh has been found guilty of killing Lisa Thompson at her home in Ballymun in 2022, a gangland killer has his trial for threatening to kill a prison officer moved due to fears he’ll be shot dead by the Hutch Organised Crime Group, and the judge in the trial of Nikita Burns and Alan Vial has begun delivering his charge to the jury.
Eimear Rabbitt joins Clodagh Meaney to discuss the week that was.
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Breaking bad businessman Nathan McDonnell has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a plan to export €32 million worth of crystal meth from Ireland to Australia.
The father of three was in court today despite an operation to fix his jaw after he was attacked last weekend at Portlaoise Prison.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about a garden centre, a chance of quick money and the fallout for a McDonnell, his family and his community.
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Real life Love/Hate, criminal John Gilligan’s family, reporting undercover in Dubai, and career paths into crime journalism.
Today in part one of our two-part Q&A special we answer your questions about crime and the underworld.
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