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 An Irish GP who was charged with sex offences in the UK was allowed continue to work with patients in Dublin as long as he had a chaperone. Dr Muhammad Iqbal from Co Meath was jailed for 18 months earlier this month for sexually assaulting two female patients in England. Niall speaks to Crime World's Alan Sherry about how the doctor continued to work with vulnerable patients in Dublin's St Michael House while facing these charges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcaster James English has been convicted of a string of domestic violence offences against an ex-partner. A court has heard he pulled hair, pushed and kicked his pregnant girlfriend who he met on social media. English has promised to release a lengthy interview with Daniel Kinahan recorded while he was in Al Awir prison awaiting extradition to Ireland. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about English. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A National Museum worker accused of storing a semtex bomb that was later intercepted while being transported near the border has been granted bail. Simon O’Donovan took the explosive device from his workplace at Collins Barracks museum in Dublin and handed it over to a woman, law student Isobella Perrie Sullivan who was stopped with it in her car in Co. Monaghan later that day, it is alleged. Both have now being granted bail by the High Court despite objections of Gardai. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the accused bombers and their alleged crime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A home seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau from criminal Edward ‘Blondie’ Stokes has been vandalised and sprayed with messages that it is a ‘family’ home. Nicola with Eamon Dillon about the sale of the Longford property and the current condition of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A unique immersive play put on by recovering addicts attending the Soilse service in Dublin is a disturbing but powerful reflection of the effects of drug use and addiction on individuals and their wider families. However, the theatrical performance which takes place over the course of a journey from Dublin’s Blessington Basin to a mock up crack den also brings a message of hope from those recovering from addition. Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the play and the stories told within it.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.