
Episode 298: Kinahan cartel lieutenant Liam Byrne and his circle of celebrity friends including Steven Gerrard
7 June 2023 - 49 minsKinahan Cartel target Liam Byrne has networked with a host of celebrities from the world of sport in recent years managing to moonlight between days out at Ascot races and what officers say is a seedy underbelly of organised crime.
With his son Lee currently dating football star Steven Gerrard’s daughter following a string of influencer girlfriends it seems the worlds of crime and celebrity merge with ease in the modern world.
Nicola is joined by Niall Donald to talk about the first court appearance of Byrne since his dramatic arrest on the island of Majorca this week on Gun charges and about the millionaire friends he has kept close over years at the very top of the organised crime ladder...

Episode 997: Football manager and former shooting suspect Andrew Noonan jailed over €2.7m heroin haul
A football club manager is jailed after he is nabbed with a huge consignment of heroin. The father of a shooting victim hits out at Bluebell United in Tallaght who he says employed Andrew Noonan despite knowing he was a suspect in his son’s attack, which left him with catastrophic life altering injuries. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Noonan and his long-term relationship with the football club where his co-accused Keith Quinn also played. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 mins
9 May Finished

Episode 996: (Day 6) The body under the staircase - Richard Satchwell murder trial
Richard Satchwell tried to give away a fridge freezer on DoneDeal after, the State say, he killed his wife and kept her in it for two days before burying her under the stairwell in the Cork home. Details of car boot sales he attended in the aftermath of her murder in 2017 were also heard in evidence. Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon, who has been covering the trial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
26 mins
8 May Finished

Episode 995: How criminal gangs are using the Ukraine war to launder money
Ukrainian money laundering outfits established across Europe since the outbreak of war have become a major target of polices forces both here and across member states. Cash-wealthy criminal gangs have been using the war and the cash couriers who have spotted a gap in the market to transport money in return for cryptocurrency. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the garda efforts to tackle a new wave of money laundering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 mins
8 May Finished

Episode 994: (Day 5) The body under the staircase - Richard Satchwell murder trial
Day five of the 'body under the staircase' murder trial of Richard Satchwell has heard that he only became a suspect in his wife Tina’s death when a new garda team took over the case four and a half years after she went missing. Superintendent Ann Marie Twomey and Detective Sergeant David Kelleher gave evidence at the trial and told how they reviewed the investigation files and ultimately concluded that Tina had never left her home at Youghal in Cork alive and that her husband should be considered a suspect. Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon, who is covering the murder trial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
34 mins
7 May Finished

Episode 993: How Dublin's crack cocaine gang wars caused a pipe bomb drone mix-up
Two violent feuds over crack cocaine turf are soaking up huge garda resources as officers try to avert murder on the streets. Large suburbs like Ronanstown and Finglas are being blighted by groups of young men fighting it out over money, pride, and honour as they flood the streets with the killer drug. Nicola speaks with Ken Foy about the city communities under siege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 mins
7 May Finished

Episode 992: (Part 3) Limerick gang wars - the full story
It’s 25 years since the first shots in the Limerick gang wars rang out, marking out a a bloody era of violence and intimidation in the city. Today in part three of our reflection on the drugs wars of Limerick, Eamon Dillon describes the murder that turned the tide in a city gripped with fear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
41 mins
7 May Finished