Crime World

Crack cocaine seizures are on the increase and health watch dogs are warning an epidemic amongst users of the drug which devastated the US during the 1980s.

So is the highly addictive substance the new heroin and how are community groups coping with its spread.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the drug and its effects on the health and mental wellbeing of users.

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It’s the BBC drama which has reflected some of the true underbelly of Northern Ireland’s criminal world.

Nicola speaks to Sunday World reporter Roisin Gorman about what it is that Blue Lights has done right.

They discuss the series which follows the careers of three PSNI recruits and which delves into collusion, corruption and all types of criminality.

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A 32 year old man with 133 previous convictions jumped from a bus to join a mob who’d surrounded two Gardai.

Lee McDonnell was arrested and charged after he tried to hit one of the officers policing a funeral in Ballyfermot two years ago.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the chaotic and dangerous career of a criminal with arrested development.

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***This episode was originally published in June 2022***

It is a story that reads like the plot from a Hollywood movie and punches right into the heart of one of the most secretive regimes in the world. Hackers from the so-called ‘Lazarus Group’ first shut down Sony Studios when it attempted to screen a movie about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and then went on to attempt a daring theft of $1billion dollars from a Bangladesh Bank. But who are the Lazarus Group and how did they emerge from a secretive nation where only the chosen few are allowed online? Nicola Tallant talks to author and journalist Geoff White about the incredible tale played out in his top podcast 'The Lazarus Heist' and in his new book of the same name.

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Pablo Escobar hid his in the cavity walls of his vast mansions. Daniel Kinahan and his pals in Dubai use crypto trading platforms and secretive underworld banking systems that move millions across the globe in seconds.

But one thing that hasn’t changed in the cash-rich world of organised crime is the need to wash the dirty money.

Nicola speaks with author and expert speaker Geoff White whose new book 'Rinsed' will be released in mid-June about money laundering, the infamous Black Axe gang and how an Instagram influencer in Dubai was really washing funds for North Korean hackers.

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A racket as children as young as 12 vandalise building sites. Contractors forced to pay protection money to senior career criminals Derek Dee Dee O’Driscoll and his enforcer David Reilly. And a county council holding the public purse string stuck in the middle.

Now a report says nobody is to blame but has yet to be published in full.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the sensation story uncovered after the Criminal assets Bureau delved into payments to two of Ireland’s best known criminals.

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The Special Criminal Court will likely hear the cases against Tralee businessman Nathan McDonnell and his co-accused James Leen surrounding their links to a euro 33 million methamphetamine seizure.

An application has been made to move the cases to the three-judge court a hearing was told. Meanwhile, McDonnell will remain in prison after failing to secure bail in an appeal on a decision to keep him in custody.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the case and about further seizures of the drug, controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel on mainland Europe.

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Significant Criminal Assets Bureau raids carried out on more than 20 properties this week centre on an investigation into a Donegal man and his Dublin business partners who Gardai believe are the biggest cocaine logistic experts in the State.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the transport kingpins and the CAB searches on their homes and premises linked to them.

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The son of murdered Eddie Hutch Snr has been found dead in the house where his father was gunned down in yet another tragedy for the wider Hutch family.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about murder and death within the family who took on a Cartel.

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The Baby Reindeer phenomenon has cast a light on the dangerous world of stalkers and their victims but how accurate is the Netflix show and what personality disorders does Martha display?

Nicola speaks to John Deane O’Keefe, head of Faculty of Criminology and Policing Studies at City Colleges in Dublin about the psychology behind stalking.

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Anthony Campbell didn’t stand a chance. It was December 2006 and Anthony was working as an apprentice plumber in Dublin when he found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. An innocent bystander caught up in the brutal assassination of Martin 'Marlo' Hyland, Campbell's senseless murder is still unsolved almost twenty years later.

Join the Crime World team as they investigate the events of that day in 2006, and speak to the people most intimately affected by one of Ireland's most shocking killings. First episode out May 21st.

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74 year old Winnie Lawrence pocketed more than €20,000 after making false personal injury claims but now she has gone to jail for her crimes.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about an investigation into an accident prone gran who slipped on a cabbage leaf and a wider gang who made more than 40 bogus claims defrauding insurance companies with a series of tumbles, crashes and falls.

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Gangsters moll Caoimhe Robinson has become the face of Kinahan money laundering after a massive investigation uncovered her role buying and selling properties in Dubai.

The widow of murdered drug dealer Michael ‘Micka’ Kelly who went on to marry Daniel Kinahan at a plush ceremony in Dubai in 2017 has become the face of a new high profile International Consortium of Investigative Journalists probe into Kinahan Cartel properties, sanctions and lifestyle in the Emirates.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Robinson and her husband’s deadly drug cartel.

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Europe is in the grip of 821 serious organised crime groups with 25,000 members who between them carve up the most dangerous drug dealing, people trafficking and fraud operations on the continent.

A new Europol report delves into the make up of the groups and the threat they pose to society through corruption, violence and money laundering.

Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon and Niall Donald about Europe and its gangs.

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A Drogheda feud member, convicted of a brutal abduction and torture, has launched his rap career with a highly produced music video about crime and carnage on the streets of his home town.

Criminal Dean Thornton is hoping to find fame with his song about feuding, guns and gangster culture.

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Gangland gun victim Josh Itseli may have been killed by accident when members of his own gang rented a high powered weapon to threaten rivals.

Gardai believe that the 20 year old may have been shot after the car in which he was travelling in was rammed and the semi automatic AR15 fired.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the killing and the crack cocaine epidemic fuelling rivalry’s between young men.

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A portal on Dublin’s Talbot Street linked to a Snazzy Manhattan district, secrets of Las Vegas staying in Sin City and a particularly Irish sense of humour that turned the US off.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about Dublin and a chance of stardom..

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Three Irish men have appeared in court charged with allegedly stealing €1million worth of cash and jewellery during a burglary spree in Australia.

The men - named as Christie and Michael McDonagh and James Connors - are accused of breaking into 60 homes in Melbourne in a ‘sophisticated’ criminal operation.

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about how Irish burglary gangs operate and how they are working across borders.

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He was the woman-beater and killer who hid in plain sight behind his role as a horse trainer and showjumping star.

Jonathan Creswell was found dead last month just one day into his trial for the murder and rape of Katie Simpson.

Niall talks to the Sunday World reporter Steven Moore about the dark and sinister life of Jonathan Creswell.

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An Irishman has been arrested in Liverpool and flown to Belfast where he is being questioned in connection with the murder of Robbie Lawlor.

One of the most dangerous and feared criminals in Irish history, Lawlor was gunned down in Belfast in 2020.

Niall talks to Irish Independent crime correspondent Ken Foy about the complex web of underworld figures who wanted Lawlor dead.

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Suspected hitman Trevor Byrne had to be protected in hospital recently after he was taken for treatment from prison where he is serving a 17 and a half year sentence for firearms offences.

The 43 year old who Gardai believe was involved in the murder of The Monk’s brother Eddie Hutch was deemed a security risk should any of his rivals try to target him as he recovered.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Byrne and his chaotic life as a suspected hitman for hire.

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Gangland killer Robert ‘Roo’ Redmond has admitted his role in the murder of father of one Jordan Davis who was shot dead by hitman Wayne Cooney while pushing his four month old son in a pram.

Redmond who is already serving a life sentence for the murder of father of eight Barry Wolverson pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder Davis who he said owed him money.

So who is Redmond and how did he become such a dangerous criminal.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the making of a hitman and the tragic family circumstances that lie at the heart of his story.

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Andy Cash was told "no amount of time in jail" will justify his actions as he was given three life sentences for the brutal murder of his three siblings in Tallaght 2022.

The Central Criminal Court heard harrowing details about how Cash inflicted hundreds of knife wounds on his sister Lisa and 8-year-old twins Christy and Chelsea.

Cash's mother spoke about how her family are living with pain every second of every day since".

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about the triple murder that devastated a family and a community.

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A 20-year-old man has become the first gangland gun victim of 2024 after he was brutally murdered in Drimnagh on Monday.

Josh Itseli was shot with an AR 15 semi-automatic rifle after the car he was in was ambushed and rammed by rival gang members

At the time of his death, Itseli was facing crack cocaine charge and gardai believe the murder was linked to the drugs trade.

Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about the savage murder on the streets of the south inner city.

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Drogheda feud heavy Brendan Maguire is in jail in the UK and extradition proceedings have begun to return him to Ireland.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about the terrifying feud that gripped Drogheda culminating in the brutal murder and dismemberment of teenager Keane Mulready woods. 

We look at the fate of some of the key characters who brought the town to the brink of all out war and where they are now.

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A stalker whose campaign of terror helped forced Ireland's politicians to change our laws is back on the streets after being released from prison.

James Steele was driven out of Arbour Hill prison on Thursday after serving a five year sentence for harassing and threatening to rape Cork woman Una Ring.

During his trial, the court heard how Steele turned up at his victim's home with duct tape, rope and plastic gloves.

Niall speaks with Sunday World news editor Eimear Rabbitt about James Steele's campaign of terror and Ireland's new anti-stalking laws.

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t’s one of Ireland’s most baffling mysteries. An ordinary couple leave their ordinary Cork home on a regular day never to be seen again.

And thirty three years later Gardai have launched a fresh appeal for information on Conor and Sheila Dwyer who were both in their early 60s when they vanished without a trace.

Nicola speaks with Irish Independent journalist Ralph Riegel about the puzzling case of a couple who never came home.

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A child is snatched from a pram on a Dublin Street.

Quick thinking passerby intervene and a man is arrested at the scene.

Nicola talks to Niall Donald about every parents worst nightmare that played out in the capital on a sunny afternoon.

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Love triangle murder accused Peter Dube is set to go on trial in Zimbabwe for a double murder and the attempted murder of his wife and her sister in law.

Three years after he first went on the run and hid out in Ireland posing as an asylum seeker the full horrors of his crimes will be played out in a courtroom.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the accused, his links to Ireland and false passports, documents and identities.

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Are serial killers a thing of the past? Or have they simply reinvented themselves in the modern world? And why are we so fascinated with them.

Nicola speaks with John Deane O’Keefe, head of the Faculty of criminology and policing studies at City Colleges in Dublin about the psychology behind some of the worlds’ most dangerous criminals.

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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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Drug dealer David Waldron's links to some of the country's most notorious criminals were revealed as he finally lost his mammoth legal battle with CAB.

The bureau won their four-year case to have Waldron's assets - including stunning mansion in Wexford - declared the proceeds of crime.

As part of the case, CAB described how Waldron's associates included a number of infamous gangland figures who had been murdered by gunmen.

Niall speaks with Eamon Dillon about David Waldron's drug dealing operation and his criminal partners.

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It’s a year to the day that Gerry The Monk Hutch walked free from the Special Criminal Court after he was found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.

So what has it been like a year on from those dramatic events and what has the veteran criminal being doing since he tasted freedom?

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about The Monk and the day his chips came in.

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He was the Celtic tiger pin up boy - a solicitor and property speculator who smooth talked customers and lived the high life while all the while stealing from the banks.

And when the tide eventually turned on Michael Lynn he went on the run first to Portugal and later Brazil.

Throughout his epic time as a fugitive and later when he was convicted of theft from the banks he regularly spoke to one dogged investigative reporter who was always on his heels, Michael O’Farrell of the Irish Mail on Sunday.

Nicola talks to Michael about his new book Fugitive The Michael Lynn Story about the hunt to bring one of Ireland’s most notorious fugitives to justice.

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The high spec house of criminal Christopher ‘Git’ Waldron is to go under the hammer later this month after the Criminal Assets Bureau settled their proceeds of crime case with the man they said made his money from selling drugs.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about the house on Killala Road in Cabra and who might punt on a bargain.

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BBC producer Sue Mitchell literally stumbled upon a story on her doorstep when a homeless former meth addict washed up in a California town and fell in love with her elderly millionaire neighbour.

The love affair between property owner Carolyn and vagrant Dave lasted more than a year and all the while Sue recorded the complexities of their relationship which pitted the 80 year old against her two daughters.

Nicola speaks to Sue about Million Dollar Lover, a 10-part story of an unlikely romance and some very dark secrets.

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Irishman Michael Dwyer was shot dead 15 years ago by special forces in Bolivia who later smeared his good name and claimed he was there to assassinate a President.

However, former State Pathologist Marie Cassidy, exposed the lies that were fed to the media around the world and proved that he could not have been involved in the shootout at the a time of his death.

Still Michael’s mother Caroline is fighting for her son’s memory. Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about her ongoing quest for justice.

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Businessman Nathan McDonnell who has been charged in connection with the discovery of €32.8 million worth of crystal meth at Cork Port is being housed on the A4 wing at Portlaoise jail after being taken off a restricted regime behind bars.

Refused bail by the High Court he is now sharing a wing with notorious neighbours including a man convicted in connection with the Keane Mulready-Woods murder and the notorious Limerick inmate Red Larry McCarthy.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about the A4 and what sort of prisoners are held there.

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A public auction to be held later this month will see the one time home of Kinahan lieutenant Ross Browning go under the hammer after it was seized by CAB.

The house, a gate lodge, a large outhouse and the land at Garristown in County Dublin will be put up for auction with a reserve of more than half a million.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon as we go behind the hall door of the home where the Cartel’s top dog in Ireland once lived.

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An American con artist made famous by the hit podcast Queen of the Con is facing extradition to Northern Ireland after a fraud victim turned the tables on the woman who tricked him out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Marianne Smyth was arrested in Maine in February on foot of four counts of fraud and four of theft in Northern Ireland more than 15 years ago where she pretended to be a mortgage broker but robbed money instead.

She was outed by Hollywood producer Jonathan Walton who created the podcast after she befriended him and tricked him out of more than $90,000.

Nicola speaks to Jonathan about her extradition and his journey to justice.

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He was a rogue Republican who was thrown out of the IRA, had a brief dalliance with the INLA and someone who lurched around other dissident groupings as an enforcer and a feared hitman known for a love of violence but who couldn’t be managed or controlled.

This week as killer and terrorist Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna was laid to rest in Belfast, Nicola speaks with Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris about the life and crimes of a troubles psychopath and her brief encounter with him.

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When Federal Agents with US Homeland Security raided two of rapper Sean Diddy Combs mansions in LA and Miami his career at the top of the hip hop scene began to collapse.

The artist formerly known as Puff Daddy and P Diddy amongst other names is now facing multiple civil lawsuits accusing him of sex trafficking, sexual abuse and rape.

So what is the background of billionaire Combs and could he be the next Harvey Weinstein or Jeffrey Epstein.

Nicola talks to journalist Douglas Century, an author and expert on the hip hop scene, about the story that has gripped America.

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Multiple gun seizures made this week have been linked to the Family organised crime group while a series of drugs and cash raids have meant it’s been a bad week for the bad guys.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald and Eimear Rabbitte about weapons, stash houses and mugshots.

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Hundreds of restaurant and hotel reviews are left by Christy Kinahan Snr on a review system set up by Google.

The reviews purport to geotrack the phone used by the Dapper Don, an expert in counter surveillance and high end security technology.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Kinahan and what could be behind the Godfather’s so called digital footprint.

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An Aladdin’s Cave of luxury items is seized from a woman allegedly linked to a Chinese drugs gang.

Now the Criminal Assets Bureau are looking for a court order to declare 88 items and cash as the proceeds of crime.

So who is Yan Yan Fan and how did she collect such a treasure trove of designer goods on a €30,000-a-year salary?

Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about fur coats, gold jewellery and a handbag deemed one of the most exclusive in the world.

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The boyfriend of an Irish woman stabbed to death in a New York bar has now been charged with her murder.

As friends and family were told of the horrific stabbing of Sarah McNally, just 41, her partner was being treated in hospital. Now he is facing court accused of the fatal attack.

Nicola and Niall speak with Sunday World news editor Eimear Rabbitte about the details we know so far.

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Hutch organisation loyalist James ‘Mago’ Gately has been linked to the gangland assassinations of David Byrne and Eamon The Don Dunne for the first time in a courtroom.

Gately who survived a number of shooting attempts himself was formerly a member of the Kinahan Organisation but remained loyal to the Hutch side after his friend Gary Hutch was murdered.

Nicola speaks with journalist Eamon Dillon about the extraordinary information about Gately’s links to organised crime heard during a Criminal Assets Bureau proceeds of crime case against him.

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Businessman Nathan McDonnell is to appeal a decision to refuse him bail after the High Court heard his father was offering 100,000 of his life savings as an assurance.

The Kerry garden centre boss and his co-accused James Leen are both in custody charged in connection with the country’s biggest ever crystal meth haul.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the details which have emerged from the bail hearings about the States case against them

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He is the son of notorious gangland killer ‘Cotton Eye’ Joe Delaney and was convicted himself as an accessory to murder.

But today Scott Delaney who now goes by the name Scott Knight is urging underworld figures to unite at anti-immigration protests.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about how Delaney is part of a far-right ideology seeking to hijack protests like those held at Coolock.

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The leader of the DUP Jeffrey Donaldson sensationally resigned after being charged with historical sex offences.

Nicola and Niall Donald speak to Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris about the unlikely chain of events that made Good Friday an extraordinary news day.

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He is the CEO of Merchants Quay Ireland with a lengthy career behind him in the prison service making him perfectly placed to understand and empathise with the complexities of long term addiction.

Later this year the first injecting rooms will open at the Liffeyside facility and Eddie Mullins hopes the pilot programme will prove that giving addicts back some dignity will help with the public perception of them.

Nicola speaks to Eddie about his career, his experiences with the marginalised of society and his hopes for the future of addiction services.

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Tensions have continued to simmer in the feud between associates of murdered Jason Hennessy and Tristan Sherry with houses burned out and fears attacks could escalate.

The Christmas Eve massacre at a Dublin restaurant which saw Hennessy shot by Sherry who was then overcome and murdered in front of festive crowds is using up huge policing resources as rivals vow to avenge both men’s deaths.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the latest in the ongoing Blanchardstown feud.

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A suspected drug dealer is bundled into a car in Belfast and driven across the border to Dublin amid allegations he owes a senior criminal figure a debt.

A Garda operation saves the man before he can be tortured or killed by his kidnappers but in true gangland style, the victim refuses to make a complaint.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the dramatic scenes that prove that for gangland there is no border.

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Encrochat phone hack evidence has been heard for the first time in an Irish court as Senior Cartel member Peadar Keating fights extradition to the UK on firearms charges.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the messages the Crown say were passed between Keating and criminal kingpin Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh along with Cartel lieutenant Liam Byrne as they plotted a firearms double cross to get the boss a shorter jail term.

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A serial fraudster was employed by a family in Kildare as a live in au pair after being outed on a hit podcast and in a series of newspaper articles as a conwoman.

Samantha Cooke managed to reinvent herself as child care worker Sadie Harris and lived for six months with the family while her real identity faced the eye of a publicity storm about a series of cons across Ireland.

Nicola speaks to journalist Mark Tighe of the Sunday Independent about the extraordinary story of a woman who keeps changing her name, look and background and who is currently gone dark somewhere in Ireland.

He tells her about her latest scam which terrified a young mother returning to work and about her colourful background as an artist, a writer and even a psychotherapist.

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Two republicans Colin Duffy and Henry Fitzsimons have been acquitted of terrorism charges following a long-running trial at Belfast Crown Court. Earlier their co accused Alex McCrory was also acquitted in the M15 bugging case.

So how did their trial take ten years in the court and what is the fallout from their acquittals? Did the M15 succeed in infiltrating the New IRA while the old order was caught up in the case and on strict bail conditions or was the decade-long case a fiasco for Public Prosecution Service.

Nicola speaks to Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris about M15 bugs and the long-running case

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Ten men were brought before courts in Cork yesterday charged with conspiracy to import drugs into Ireland.

Six Spanish nationals, one Serbian, two Dutch and one Irish man from Fermanagh were all granted free legal aid at Middleton, Cork and Bandon District Courts.

Nicola speaks to Sunday World News Editor Eimear Rabbitte about the conspiracy charges directed for the first time in Irish courts.

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Veteran gangster Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley is facing having his house repossessed to pay off a massive Criminal Assets Bureau bill which has grown to over €700,000.

The 73 year old was hit with a tax bill from the CAB more than 20 years ago but he only paid off a small portion and then challenged it through the courts.

By 2020 it had quadrupled to what he currently owes developing an impasse between him and the Bureau.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about a bad year for The Viper.

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IRA killer Pearse McAuley lived a life of violence as an IRA volunteer and later as a prison bully and a brutal domestic abuser.

Found dead aged 59 at his home in Strabane in County Tyrone he leaves behind a legacy of fear and intimidation spanning decades of controversy.

One of a four man team who shot dead Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a botched post officer robbery in 1996 he was given the full support of Sinn Fein as a political prisoner.

But when he attacked and stabbed his former wife, Sinn Fein Councillor Pauline Tully, he became ostracised from his old supporters.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the life and legacy of McAuley the terrorist who went from hero to villain.

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A suspected drugs gang with possible links to Hezbollah militants remain in custody as Gardaí continue to investigate an alleged drugs plot off the West Cork coast.

Detectives had been secretly monitoring professional divers, logistics operators and two Dutch passport holders with Iranian links before they moved in to make arrests.

But with no cocaine found during the operation and time running out on the arrests what will happen next in the latest international drug investigation centred on the Irish coastline?

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about cocaine and the significance of Ireland as a key landing point for drugs.

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***EPISODE ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN JANUARY 2022***

Detective Anthony Amore hunts stolen art and follows clues all over the world hunting priceless masterpieces which have been snatched by thieves. In this week's episode of Crime World, detective Anthony Amore talks about one time heiress, Rose Dugdale, who gave up a charmed life to become an IRA activist and a thief who picked out the jewels of Russborough House in Wicklow and later inspired the legendary criminal Martin The General Cahill. He also reveals what he thinks about another famous criminal Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley and his tall tales.

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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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The daughter of convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has issued High Court proceedings over her dole payments which have been stopped since last year.

In a move straight out of her fathers rule book she claims her social welfare applications were refused after the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) unlawfully intervened.

She says she is not involved in criminal activity and is “at a loss” as to why she is being treated as though she is.

So what is behind Gilligan's daughter and the States refusal to pay her allowances. Is she a chip off the old block or does she have a case to fight.

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The Encrochat phone hack which has resulted in thousands of arrests and convictions across Europe has been described as a pinnacle moment in the fight against modern organised crime.

But how did police use the intel that they received every day over a three month period when they got a window into the business of crime.

Nicola speaks with Mobeen Azhar whose new BBC Gangster presents series Catching the Kingpins is the first behind the scenes look at how law enforcement eavesdropped on the criminals and how they juggled life and death decisions while attempting to keep them in the dark.

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Eight years after the murder of Real IRA man Vinny Ryan on a Dublin street his comrades have taken to social media to honour him as a ‘republican hero.’

But who was Vinny Ryan and why did he follow his brother Alan’s footsteps to a life in a terror outfit and ultimately to an early grave?

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the murder of the Ryan brothers and those who still remember them as martyrs.

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Children are now being radicalised by drug gangs according to new reports from Europol which state that kids as young as 12 are being brainwashed to carry out serious crimes on behalf of older mob bosses.

So how does that play out in Ireland and do we have enough systems in place to protect vulnerable children.

Nicola and Niall speak with Criminologist Trina O’Connor about protecting kids from gangs.

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A supergrass trial ends in a not guilty verdict.

The families of innocent victims Eamon Fox and Gary Convie, two innocent catholic workmen murdered almost 30 years ago are left devastated.

A self professed loyalist killer turned witness, Gary Haggarty, is told he is unreliable and a ‘deeply flawed individual.’

And Jimmy ‘Shades’ Smyth, the accused who has already been convicted of murder and proved he was ‘happy to murder catholics for being catholics’ walks free.

Nicola speaks to crime correspondent Allison Morris about the justice fiasco in a Belfast courtroom which will mark the end of the catastrophic supergrass trials. 

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Notorious cocaine boss Ridouan Taghi has been jailed for life after a mammoth four year trial in Amsterdam but he leaves behind a legacy of terror that will not be forgotten into the future.

Nicola speaks with Jan Meeus, an author, podcaster and a crime correspondent with NRC in the Netherlands about the one time street dealer who, just like Pablo Escobar, took on the pillars of a state.

They discuss the criminal who formed a European Super Cartel with his friend, Irish Cartel boss Daniel Kinahan, and who believed he was totally untouchable.

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A convicted killer has vowed to continue to agitate for his freedom twelve years after he brutally killed 25-year-old mum Anna Finnegan.

Vessel Jahiri has lost his appeal against his conviction on what Judges detailed in a damning judgement and inadmissible hearsay, unsupported assertion and irrelevant material.

Yet still, the 43-year-old Kosovan has vowed to fight on layering ever more trauma on her grieving family.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about an evil killer who has shown no remorse and whose cruelty knows no bounds.

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Two Kerry men charged in relation to the biggest ever haul of crystal meth in the country have appeared in court via video link.

Nathan McDonnell, 43, the owner of Ballyseedy Garden Centre is charged with the possession of drugs worth more than 13k at the garden centre between October 27 and February 12.

James Leen, age 41, from Listowel is facing two charges one of importation and sale of crystal meth.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the latest court appearances of the two men.

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The daughter of an innocent man shot dead by the Kinahan Organised Crime Group directed her victim impact statement at the man known as Mr Nobody and told him he had taken her past, present and future.

Donna Kirwan was making her comments at Declan Brady’s sentence hearing. He has pleaded to facilitating a criminal organisation in the murder of Noel Duck Egg Kirwan in December 2016. He is already servicing sentences relating to Kinahan weapons and money laundering.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the senseless murder of Kirwan and the man who claims he has hit the reset button on his life in prison.

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The fate of Limericks mobsters are being left more and more in the hands of the court as police crackdowns on money launderers, hit teams and even debt collectors continue.

Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the jailing of two Larrys, the dramatic plea changes, and one senior drug dealer who had a lucky day in the Court of Criminal Appeal.

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Former Republic of Ireland footballer Anthony Stokes is doing porridge in a Scottish jail after handing himself up to police after failing to appear in court to be sentenced for abusing his ex-partner by text.

Stokes father John owned the Players Lounge Pub when an attempt was made on the life of Real IRA boss Alan Ryan there.

The 35-year-old, once tipped as Ireland’s greatest footballing hope, has had a chequered career and only recently got off a cocaine charge in Dublin after the substance he was caught with wasn’t certified as the Class A drug by Forensic Science Ireland.

Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the highs and lows in the life of Stokes who was tipped for stardom but who has ended up on football's scrap heap.

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Murdered Hutch associate Jason ‘Buda’ Molyneaux died from gunshot wounds as his mother Liz begged him to be strong.

Harrowing evidence was heard at a Coroners Court hearing of the last moments of his life while an investigation into his murder is ongoing.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the murder of ‘Buda’ and the complex double crosses and gangland games of lies and treachery that led to his death.

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The sister of gang boss Christy Keane has admitted to money laundering after a court heard that €124,000 in cash was found in her home.

Sandra Hehir will face sentencing but says she is now predominately estranged from her siblings and works as a hairdresser.

Nicola speaks with with Niall Donald about a sophisticated crime outfit which emerged from the warring gangs of Limerick and the risks of storing cash in the attic.

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An extraordinary drug seizure of more than €30 million in meth at Cork port has resulted in a number of searches around premises in Kerry, Cork and Waterford and a focus on the Irish links with the notorious Sinaloa Cartel.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Mexico’s biggest drug mob and its Irish connections.

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A Taliban ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan along with ambitious Mexican Cartels now based in Europe mean experts are forecasting a perfect storm.

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the next deadly threat from a potent factory-produced drug which has become the biggest killer of young users in the US.

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A network of seemingly legitimate businessmen are under investigation by the Gardai in a massive crackdown on the laundering of dirty money.

This week a businessman, Wesley Williams, was jailed for his part in a laundering scam involving euro 1.4 million in cash.

The married father of four was also recently named in CAB proceedings against Marcus Sweeney’s Evergreen Wealth Management Property Holdings.

So who are the likes of Williams and what is their role in the wider criminal underworld.

Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about dirty money and those who wash it clean.

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A gangster named in court as being involved in the murder of gang boss Martin ‘Marlo’ Hyland and innocent plumber Anthony Campbell is set for release from prison more than a decade after being jailed.

So who is John Mangan? And how was he linked to the 2006 murder of 20-year-old Campbell, a totally innocent young man caught up in a deadly underworld takeover?

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Mangan and the murder that shocked Ireland but which remains unsolved.

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A stunning mansion in the County Louth countryside called The White House has been identified by the Criminal Assets Bureau in a Proceeds of Crime case against a Moldovan couple.

Natalie and Edward Chiper were arrested in 2019 after almost €1 million worth of drugs were found on the premises.

But despite spending time in custody the charges against them were dropped. Now the glamorous couple will find themselves explaining where they got the money to buy the 3,400-square-foot mansion they live in.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon who visited the vast property listed in a proceeds of crime case.

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