Episode 443: Former soccer star Paddy McCourt has sexual assault conviction overturned

Convicted drug dealer Stephen Carberry who blamed gangland killer Robbie Lawlor for his brother’s murder has been jailed for six years for helping him transport the remains of Keane Mulready-Woods after he was brutally killed and dismembered. Carberry once made millions along with his brother and Lawlor dealing drugs in County Louth, Dublin and Meath. But he told a court that he was roped into disposing of Mulready-Woods’ remains by Lawlor at a time he was vulnerable, grieving and taking cocaine. Eamon Dillon was in court to hear Carberry’s pleas to a judge for leniency and to hear the sentence he will serve for his role in the grotesque killing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The North-Armagh crime outfit ‘The Firm’ will take matters into its own hands after convicted double killer Stephen Smith died in January. Smith passed away after a seizure at home but that followed him being injured in an attack in Armagh before Christmas. That incident is being linked to a rival crime gang based in Armagh City – and the Firm are not happy. Why not?  The Belfast Telegraph’s crime correspondent Allison Morris joins Ciarán Dunbar on our sister podcast the Bel Tel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A photographer has captured the news image of the year after he snapped Prince Andrew slinking in the back of his car after his arrest. The shamed royal, Seamus Culleton’s woes, James ‘Mago’ Gatley’s CAB battle, and the 35-year-old shoplifing grandmother all hit the headlines this week. Niall talks to Eimear Rabbitt about the stories that got our readers talking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s arguably the most controversial stage show in Irish theatre but should we be morally outraged by Rex Ryan’s production The Monk or should we simply view it as a piece of art? Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about The Monk, the play that everyone is talking about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A man has been jailed for 15 years for helping the McCarthy-Dundon gang murder a rival in Limerick at the height of their feud nearly two decades ago. Darragh Quinlivan had lived in the US and later in Manchester in the UK in the years after the murder of Noel Campion but a cold case investigation led to his guilty pleas for weapons charges and organised crime offences. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Quinlivan and his long journey to the dock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.