Episode 1213: Miami Showband massacre survivor recalls UVF attack that killed bandmates (Part 1)

An OnlyFans model and wife of John George's murder suspect has been arrested after allegedly being caught with drugs in Spain. Madison Allen has been granted bail after Spanish police seized a kilo of crystal meth, as well as cocaine and cannabis last month. Niall speaks to Belfast Telegraph crime correspondent Allison Morris about the police investigation into Johnny Smyth's glamorous wife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Travers was a young musician with no interest in politics when he travelled to the north for a midweek gig in 1975. But after playing to a packed crowd, he witnessed three of his bandmates being brutally murdered by a UVF death squad. Today, Stephen tells how the trauma of witnessing the slaughter changed his life, and why he has chosen to write about it now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gangland murder victim Darren Falsey told a relative he was owed €300,000 shortly before he was shot dead, gardai have revealed. Details of Falsey’s involvement in Cork’s drugs trade were laid bare in documents lodged as part of a Criminal Assets Bureau case. Today, Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about Falsey’s 2011 unsolved murder and money he had amassed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former international amateur boxer Simon Byrne is still fighting the hardest battle of his life after confronting his childhood sexual abuse.   His attacker Patrick Lowe was his boxing coach when Simon took up the sport at the age of 11 in Manchester. Lowe, who is now in his 80s, escaped justice after being declared unfit to stand trial because of dementia. Eamon is joined today by Simon and his wife Maria who are campaigning to have the law changed in the UK so even elderly and frail sex offenders face consequences. Sign the Simon's Law UK petition here: https://chng.it/BrRqhkzyMT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barbie Kardashian once again made sure she grabbed the headlines as she posed for photographers after walking out of Limerick prison. The serial offender became one of Ireland’s most infamous prisoners due to the controversy over where transgender inmates should be housed. Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about Kardashian’s history of threats and violence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.